With big-money free agency dominating professional sports these days, it is rare for athletes to spend their entire careers with one team. As such, we often look back with nostalgia on ballplayers who did indeed only play for one team during their professional careers; during the 1980s and 1990s, two MLB superstars who epitomized this bygone era were Don Mattingly of the New York Yankees and Kirby Puckett of the Minnesota Twins, who for a decade, were each the heart and soul of their respective teams. As their careers essentially overlapped and both players retired in the same year with highly comparable numbers, it is only natural to ask:
Who was better – Don Mattingly or Kirby Puckett?
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