Word: martinisms
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...usual, the truth probably lay between the two extremes. Jackson and Martin have had it in for each other since the former signed his tremendous free-agent contract and came to New York last season. It all started long before the infamous Fenway Park incident in which the two went at each other in the dugout after Martin pulled Reggae, admittedly one of the worst gloves in right anyone has ever seen, for dogging it. Reggae certainly upset more than a few Yankees with his proclamations of greatness and heroism; Thurman Munson, the redoubtable catcher-grouch, was not the only...
...homers last year, while driving in 110 runs, and batting more than 20 points above his career average of .267. And then there were the five Series homers--three in the last game, on consecutive pitches. Reggae had stolen the spotlight again, away from the man who deserved it: Martin. It was Martin, after all, who held the club together, protecting them from the blathering criticisms of the man who is the real culprit in all of this--George Steinbrenner...
...seemingly guileless man, someone who thinks that a lot of whip-out entitles him to say whatever he wants and do whatever he wants, no matter how it affects anyone around him--including, in this case, his own ballclub. At the same time that he insisted Martin was his manager, he constantly criticized both the club and the manager, yelling at players and at Martin and even insisting on his own lineups, anything to make Martin feel unwelcome...
...accuse Martin of mismanaging the club. Steinbrenner and new president Al Rosen have made several stupid trades, leaving Martin with an ever-shifting roster and not enough of what he needed: pitching. The constant hounding from players, and especially from Steinbrenner, made Martin a very unhappy man, and in the past few weeks his photos revelaed an appallingly haggard face. It was all too much...
...Steinbrenner deserved each other, calling Reggae a liar and Steinbrenner "a convict"--a reference to his boss's conviction a few years back for illegal contributions to Richard Nixon's wonderfully clean 1972 campaign. It's not nice to call your boss a convict, even if it's true. Martin knew what he was doing, though; there was a clause in his contract forbidding him to insult the owner in public, but Billy went ahead and did it anyway. He wanted...