European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - July 26, 1978, Darmstadt, Hesse July 1978 Page 22 the stars and stripes wll a a i sojourn in the big Apple followed i by Ivia it i n polished in out town Fry i by Bra be low1tt a sports writer it was inevitable that Billy Martin would lose his Job As manager of the new York Yankees after he was Only banging Down the curtain in the big Apple on a four act play which he had developed and polished with out town trouts in Mineso Detroit and Texas the script was virtually the same taking a club to Contention or a Champion then getting into scraps and Mouth ing off once too but unlike his three previous starring in which team Bosses upstaged him by bringing Down the axe on Slart ins out stretched this time he beat yank owner George Steinbrenner to the bowing out with a tearful exit that would have made Willy Loman the final act to what May be Martins final Job in baseball began when the yanks fired Bui Virdon on and named Martin As his after 12 years As a player t6s of them with the the rest shared by Kansas Mil Waukee and Minnesota and six As a Man Ager divided among the twins tigers 197173 and rangers Martin finally had the Job hed always manager of the they finished third in the american league East in 1975 18377 3026 under things were Rosy that year and the when the yanks won their first Pennant since 1964 but lost a four game world series to Martin was named the associated press Ameri can league manager of the year for the the he cant get along with the Boss rap was put to in a oneyear manager Only if the front office interferes with my running the he said if it leaves me alone to a 20year just before the 1976 season Stein Brenner made him a three year giving him a contract to run through the u79 in the contracts Fine was the rope with which Martin ultimately hanged it was a clause a if you will which in effect thou Shalt not speak ill of the Gay who signs your Public comments critical of Steinbrenner were for a suspension or dismiss As the 1977 season the yanks lost eight of their first 10 games and Stein Brenner thundered his disapproval in a locker room was Martins Job on the line in a big if the earn Ings Are Steinbrenner do you do you replace the presi Dent in baseball its the manager his Job is to produce or else and on May Martin to pro Duce 52 500 the Fine imposed by Stein Brenner after Martin made some uncomplimentary remarks regarding the front offices delay in recalling a player from a farm team Reggie a Thorn in his Side for much of their i seasons to was in Martins Comer that but a More telling comment came from Pitcher Catfish this reminds me of the Oakland he said of the simmering there Are going to be some fights on june 18 the fight nearly occurred Between Jackson an and it want in the privacy of a it was in the yanks dugout in in full View of a sellout Fenway Park crowd and a National television the spark was a six thinning single to right by Jim Rice of the red infuriated by what he perceived to be Jack sons Lack of yanked him from the the equally infuriated Jackson traded angry words in the then Martin lunged at Jackson and had to be re strained by Yogi ii was what he Martin explaining his dugout nobody going to Call me a i expletives deleted and get away with it by the next tempers had cooled the yanks survived that Fenway Park spectacle and repeated reports that Martins departure was imminent and on to win not Only the american league Pennant but their first world series since by his own count Martin almost was fired on five different occasions during that tumultuous yet moments before the sixth game of the series against los Steinbrenner rewarded Martin with a Bonus of a Limo sine and a rent tree then Jack new Yankee manager son went out and slugged three Home runs in the seventh and deciding game in an electrifying performance that totally buried Martins momentary glory who never wanted Jackson in pinstripes to begin with he figured the team already had enough left handed Power and was really interested in getting Joe Rudi in the pre1977 free agent Market place found himself at the Start of this season with two More unwanted pitchers Andy Messersmith and rawly and As the season he found him self with Steinbrenner breathing Down his neck the Boss insisted the team want prepared to defend its Messersmith was injured missed the first two months of the pitched ineffectively for a few weeks and returned to the disabled fat on july 1 for the rest of the Eastwick languished in the a virtual non person on the before being traded last North to such was the Fate of the players Martin derisively nicknamed Georges the Fate of the rest of the beset by injuries As Well As was to languish among the a Orara in the As Low As fourth place behind the red Milwaukee Brewers and Baltimore orioles and As far Back As 14 when the red sox clobbered the yanks in two of three games in Boston in late Steinbrenner again bit the Martins Job was again on the toe delicate negotiations a Shuw Down and Martin was assured his Job was Safe for the rest of the a week Martin flashed a swing away Jackson ignored the managerial directive and the yanks lost Martin slammed a suspension on Jack with the fun backing of Steinbrenner and the rest of the Jackson missed four the yanks won them All when Jackson rejoined the club in Chicago on Martin kept him on the Bench and the yanks won clearly Martin was i so with that chant of the two of them said of Jackson and i bom the others slam attribution to the fund in George could have i Martin came to the i second baseman for thru played on six under Casey Stengel with league and became a i Martin saved the the yanks with a i i Brooklyn Jackie was the hero of the i he was involved in june 19s7 and was i in a Trade two weeks drifted to several playing career ended in 1 six years he by Denver of the Pacific i next twins and piloted i Bat by term hardly Bel Boswell i a fight and front office after Baltimore i Martin a Lin then i noted the tigers for i the Al East Crown pc i lost in the this i year he was Finis six Daj ajl managing wit i he brought the place in 1s74 and manager of the Lemon can handle almost any new York a Bob the new manager of the new York has had baseball jobs at every conceivable level player As outfielder and players reaction to resignation ranges from Shock to indifference continued from Page 111 not i really dont care who the manager i do the Job the Best i can no matter w to is running the i said Yogi Haven seen he didst Tell us but hell gel a Job i know makes no difference to said second baseman Willie Randolph 1 have Willie Randolph problems to worry if Yon want to talk about Billy Martin As a ill say this he was a great he would be Good for any bal Klub 1 used him As a 1 dont have any feeling about Bis it Comet at a bad said reliever Rich were jute starting to get Back in the winning but there is Noth ing we can do about it except go out and the Kansas City who fell in the american league championship series to the mar tinted Yankees each of the last were kind to their greatest Tor Menter its too said shortstop Fred i know the players were impressed with his managerial i want that Job theres too much garbage going on Over in glad to see new manager Bob Lemon get the but i Bate to see him have to go through All the you cant make it in this business on bad said Pitcher Larry a former Yankee now with the in sure hell catch on with another club some where in sure you Haven heard the last of ill miss said Center fielder Amos i thought he was a hell of a i didst like him As a person and he didst like me but he was one hell of a Chicago White sox president Bill Veeck said monday Martin added interest to a sometimes Dull game 1 find him Veeck said of Martin after the Yankee manager announced his resignation in Kansas i always have asked if be thought Martins frequent squabbles with Yankee management and players were Good for the Veeck who can Tell whats Good and bad but at least Hes never Dull a be that Good he stirs things up cosh and and the 57yearold Hall of Famer has usually been successful at position Lemons main claim to Fame was his seasons in the sub As a Pitcher with the Cleveland indians from 1m6 to when be posted a 207jh wan lost during that the right hander won 20 or More games seven it Fahloh ing himself As one of the Premier pitchers of his Era on a legendary Cleveland staff that included Bob Early Wynn and Mike among Lemons accomplishments were a no tuner against the Detroit tigers in 10 shutouts the same year and a league leading 28 Complete Lemon was named the outstanding american league Pitcher by the sporting news in 19485054 and As a Pitcher on the sporting news major league Allstar team those he began his career As a third then after military Santee during world War u was Cleveland opening Day Center fielder in but by the end of the sea Lemon had become a full time pitch Lemon was noted As one of the games Best Fielding pitchers of his Day and in 19s3 established a major league record for most double plays in one season by a when his playing career Lemon served As a Cleveland scout in and coached for the indians in and the Philadelphia Phillies in 1961 he was a scout for the California Angels in then managed in the Pacific coast league in winning the Lemon managed the Kansas City royals from 1970 to then scouted forthe club in 1973 Jescou Udert and was pitching code Kutr i Yankees my Joefa Gerof at Lemat Mem had finished last in not Contention to to the White sob ecu 1 wound up m third place i thai meant the White sox weat Der the fit Mark m just one
