Redsfan1507
It is what it is
Don't remember Martin as a player, only a manager. Wasn't he with the Reds for a while ? I heard Knuxy making a joke about not being able to get Billy out of Newport in time for games and one about how furious he was in NY when he hit 9th, after a better hitting pitcher, and that he was a big drinking buddy if Mantle. I remember manager Martin taking Reggie Jackson out of a game mid-inning after a bad defensive play in RF and Jackson wanting to punch him in the dugout... several meltdowns resulting in being tossed, and repeated firings by Steinbrenner.