TORONTO (AP) — Reaching the World Series for the first time at the end of his 39th season in professional baseball, Don Mattingly gives more than advice to Toronto manager John Schneider. Donnie Baseball provides cover.

On the night before Game 3 of the Division Series, Schneider brought Mattingly along for dinner at Patsy’s, an old Frank Sinatra favorite Italian restaurant in midtown Manhattan. A visiting manager about to take on the Yankees figured he shouldn't be out alone in New York.

“I went with Donnie on purpose, so they went after him, not me,” Schneider said. “It was great. A Donnie special.”

Mattingly will be Schneider's bench coach when the Blue Jays open the World Series against the Los Angeles Dodgers on Friday night, in his 10th season as a coach along with 17 as a profe

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