Word: martinisms
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...finally happened. Yesterday Billy Martin resigned as manager of the New York Yankees, leaving the defending World Champions in the midst of a five-game winning streak that finds them ten games behind the Red Sox. The Yankees have lost the best manager in baseball, a victim of the circus of egos and acrimony that has surrounded them since the beginning of last season. Throughout that period, Martin tried to rise above the storm, concentrating on getting the club together. It wasn't easy. Last year, the Yanks played aggressively mediocre ball until the beginning of August. Then they finally...
...Martin was never very good at keeping quiet, either as a player or as a manager. He is, to put it mildly, an aggressive type, and he did not react well to the constant adversity the Yankees have faced over the last season and a half...
...center of the ultimate confrontation lay three figures: Martin, principal owner George Steinbrenner, and slugger Reggie "Reggae" Jackson. Last week Martin suspended Reggae for five days, after he ignored a coach's sign and bunted with two strikes on him in the tenth inning of a game against the Royals. Reggae insisted he was just trying to help the club; Martin insisted he was just trying to help himself, at everyone else's expense...
...clichés of showbiz success sagas. Holly (Gary Busey) leaves behind his suffocating small-town girlfriend (Amy Johnston) to seek the bright lights of New York; he overcomes early rejection to become the toast of the record industry; he outgrows his original back-up musicians (Don Stroud. Charlie Martin Smith) and creates a revolutionary new sound. By the time Holly meets his tragic end (leaving behind a nation of fans and a pregnant wife), the film could well be a remake of Night and Day or The Glenn Miller Story. Gittler has even more nostalgic affection for the gloss...
...Indianapolis, which markets the device and collects some 25% of the revenue, has been working to regain its lost business. One solution: a device that enables gas stations to charge 25? for the use of an air hose to pump up a tire. Said Nik-O-Lok Manager Martin Miller: "If you think air is free, try blowing up a tire with your mouth...