ByPeter Chawaga,
Contributor.
The New York Yankees battled the Toronto Blue Jays for American League East supremacy throughout this past regular season and then the two squared off in the American League Division Series of the playoffs.
As the Yankees fell to their division rival in that series, a familiar face was helping to orchestrate their demise from the opposing dugout: Don Mattingly.
The former Yankees captain served as a bench coach for the Blue Jays during their Cinderella run all the way to the World Series. But shortly after the season concluded, he announced his exit from the team and it caught many off guard.
