Like father, like son: Justin Crawford joins dad Carl in baseball history playing for manager Don Mattingly

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It had been a dozen years, but Don Mattingly had seen something quite like this before.

In April of 2014, with Mattingly managing the Los Angeles Dodgers, Carl Crawford delivered a game-winning, walk-off hit.

And now on the final day of April 2026, Justin Crawford did the same thing while Mattingly managed the Philadelphia Phillies.

Yep, a father and a son with walk-off hits for the same manager 12 years apart.

What are the odds of that?

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Carl was in the latter half of his career at that point. He was a proven commodity, and at that point a veteran trying to prove that he still had what it took.

Justin is a rookie, just breaking into the major leagues. The Phillies trusted him with the Opening Day centerfield job, and he delivered Philadelphia's first two walk-off wins of the season.