Comments on: Memories of Billy Martin From Mike Pagliarulo, Rod Carew, and Rickey Henderson http://seamheads.com/2009/12/23/memories-of-billy-martin-from-mike-pagliarulo-rod-carew-and-rickey-henderson/ Sun, 12 Feb 2012 21:10:12 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Billy Martin and Tony La Russa « Misc. Baseball http://seamheads.com/2009/12/23/memories-of-billy-martin-from-mike-pagliarulo-rod-carew-and-rickey-henderson/comment-page-1/#comment-16371 Billy Martin and Tony La Russa « Misc. Baseball Thu, 18 Feb 2010 21:24:23 +0000 http://seamheads.com/blog/2009/12/23/memories-of-billy-martin-from-mike-pagliarulo-rod-carew-and-rickey-henderson/#comment-16371 [...] Martin and Tony La Russa Last year, at the 20th anniversary of Billy Martin’s death, I wrote an article that focused on Mike Pagliarulo’s memories of his one-time manager. Pags said: “Billy [...]<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('16371','Billy Martin and Tony La Russa « Misc. Baseball'); return false;">Reply</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('16371','Billy Martin and Tony La Russa « Misc. Baseball','[...] Martin and Tony La Russa Last year, at the 20th anniversary of Billy Martin’s death, I wrote an article that focused on Mike Pagliarulo’s memories of his one-time manager. Pags said: “Billy [...]'); return false;">Quote</a></div> [...] Martin and Tony La Russa Last year, at the 20th anniversary of Billy Martin’s death, I wrote an article that focused on Mike Pagliarulo’s memories of his one-time manager. Pags said: “Billy [...]
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]]> By: Artie http://seamheads.com/2009/12/23/memories-of-billy-martin-from-mike-pagliarulo-rod-carew-and-rickey-henderson/comment-page-1/#comment-15770 Artie Sat, 26 Dec 2009 19:31:41 +0000 http://seamheads.com/blog/2009/12/23/memories-of-billy-martin-from-mike-pagliarulo-rod-carew-and-rickey-henderson/#comment-15770 Billy Martin did what very,very few mangers could do. Turn bad or underacheiving teams around and make them winners and contenders. He also did it very quickly. Look at what he accomplished in 1974 with Texas and 1980 with Oakland. Those two teams had been the worst teams in baseball the year before and he got them in pennant races the next year, finishing in second place. Say what you will about him personally, but the man could manage.<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('15770','Artie'); return false;">Reply</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('15770','Artie','Billy Martin did what very,very few mangers could do. Turn bad or underacheiving teams around and make them winners and contenders. He also did it very quickly. Look at what he accomplished in 1974 with Texas and 1980 with Oakland. Those two teams had been the worst teams in baseball the year before and he got them in pennant races the next year, finishing in second place. Say what you will about him personally, but the man could manage.'); return false;">Quote</a></div> Billy Martin did what very,very few mangers could do. Turn bad or underacheiving teams around and make them winners and contenders. He also did it very quickly. Look at what he accomplished in 1974 with Texas and 1980 with Oakland. Those two teams had been the worst teams in baseball the year before and he got them in pennant races the next year, finishing in second place. Say what you will about him personally, but the man could manage.
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]]> By: Billy Martin’s Passing – 20 Years Ago, Today http://seamheads.com/2009/12/23/memories-of-billy-martin-from-mike-pagliarulo-rod-carew-and-rickey-henderson/comment-page-1/#comment-15765 Billy Martin’s Passing – 20 Years Ago, Today Sat, 26 Dec 2009 01:17:31 +0000 http://seamheads.com/blog/2009/12/23/memories-of-billy-martin-from-mike-pagliarulo-rod-carew-and-rickey-henderson/#comment-15765 [...] any event, Arne Christensen has the anniversary of Billy’s passing covered here and memories of Martin here. Check them both [...]<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('15765','Billy Martin’s Passing – 20 Years Ago, Today'); return false;">Reply</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('15765','Billy Martin’s Passing – 20 Years Ago, Today','[...] any event, Arne Christensen has the anniversary of Billy’s passing covered here and memories of Martin here. Check them both [...]'); return false;">Quote</a></div> [...] any event, Arne Christensen has the anniversary of Billy’s passing covered here and memories of Martin here. Check them both [...]
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]]> By: Ted Leavengood http://seamheads.com/2009/12/23/memories-of-billy-martin-from-mike-pagliarulo-rod-carew-and-rickey-henderson/comment-page-1/#comment-15757 Ted Leavengood Fri, 25 Dec 2009 14:37:44 +0000 http://seamheads.com/blog/2009/12/23/memories-of-billy-martin-from-mike-pagliarulo-rod-carew-and-rickey-henderson/#comment-15757 One of the most fascinating characters to play the game. In researching 1969--Martin's rookie year as a manager in Minnesota--there were some great stories about him. His feud with Ted Williams over who started using video tape first, whether Williams was just a one-dimensional player unlike himself was noteworthy, but his fight with Dave Boswell was no doubt the best. If memory serves, Boswell dissed Martin over their lack of agreement on Boswell's abilities on the mound. When they met in a bar, Boswell called him out and Martin dispatched him to la-la land in three punches that he described beautifully for the media. Boswell went on to pitch out the rest of the season and did not disagree with his manager again. Martin was in a class by himself, no doubt about it.<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('15757','Ted Leavengood'); return false;">Reply</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('15757','Ted Leavengood','One of the most fascinating characters to play the game. In researching 1969--Martin\'s rookie year as a manager in Minnesota--there were some great stories about him. His feud with Ted Williams over who started using video tape first, whether Williams was just a one-dimensional player unlike himself was noteworthy, but his fight with Dave Boswell was no doubt the best. If memory serves, Boswell dissed Martin over their lack of agreement on Boswell\'s abilities on the mound. When they met in a bar, Boswell called him out and Martin dispatched him to la-la land in three punches that he described beautifully for the media. Boswell went on to pitch out the rest of the season and did not disagree with his manager again. Martin was in a class by himself, no doubt about it.'); return false;">Quote</a></div> One of the most fascinating characters to play the game. In researching 1969–Martin’s rookie year as a manager in Minnesota–there were some great stories about him. His feud with Ted Williams over who started using video tape first, whether Williams was just a one-dimensional player unlike himself was noteworthy, but his fight with Dave Boswell was no doubt the best. If memory serves, Boswell dissed Martin over their lack of agreement on Boswell’s abilities on the mound. When they met in a bar, Boswell called him out and Martin dispatched him to la-la land in three punches that he described beautifully for the media. Boswell went on to pitch out the rest of the season and did not disagree with his manager again. Martin was in a class by himself, no doubt about it.
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