Billy Martin

Minnesota will also be in for a night game on Tuesday, June the 6th, and an afternoon game on Wednesday, June the 7th.

The Twins have been having their trouble, and Cookie Lavagetto, a little bit upset, but they've acquired Billy Martin from the Milwaukee Braves, and Billy was immediately put in the starting lineup at third base.

So I'm sure all you fans will be anxious to get another look at Billy, who left the American League and went to the National League briefly.

This ball game will be a little late getting underway.

And that's the same day that Oakland is in for a big twin bill at Yankee Stadium.

That's July 16th, and the Oakland A's, who are just about getting ready to move, and there was a big rumor in New York last night really spreading around about Billy Martin possibly being named manager of the Oakland team, and that will keep Mr. Finley's record intact of firing his manager in midseason just about every year.

Of course, Billy denied it, and Joe DiMaggio was right there when I happened to mention it.

Joe had that big grin on his face, but of course wouldn't say a word.

That'd be like Jeannie.

It's like George Steinbrenner calling the dugout and telling Billy Martin to bat Reggie sixth or fourth or third.

It just doesn't work.

And

Stengel has restored Andy Carey to third base.

He's benched Jerry Coleman, and he's shifted Billy Martin back to second base.

The Yankees' batting order has been shuffled in this respect.

First baseman Joe Collins has been... elevated to the number two spot, and right fielder Hank Bauer restored to his opening game leadoff position.

Yogi Berra is batting fourth and catching.

Ena Slaughter is batting fifth, playing left field.

Billy Martin is batting sixth and playing second base.

Gil McDougald is batting seventh and playing shortstop.

Otis, with his 11 base hits, is the on-deck batter, is Willie Akins.

Otis is one hit short of tying the record for a six-game series, Billy Martin's record in 1953 when Billy had 12 base hits in the six-game series.

Otis,

one short.

Willie Wilson, that'll give you an idea of his speed, where he came from to catch that ball in short center field, tell you

how fast he is.

I know it's not the same kind of a play, but the thinking was the same when Billy Martin made the catch, it almost sent him to the Hall of Fame.

It was a pop-lining infield in reality, and nobody wanted to catch it.

And he's tossed out of the ballgame.

This is straight from the Earl Weaver-Billy Martin handbook of protestation.

Now Reed does not get a save for that.

The Phillies trail 5-4 because that runner scored from third.

Baltimore blasted the Mariners 12-8.

Rich Dower hit two home runs, drove in five runs.

Dennis Martinez picked up his ninth win.

And the Angels came from behind to defeat the Red Sox 8-6.

They will doubtless have the biggest single season improvement since the start of divisional play.

The Oakland A's under Billy Martin improved 29 games between 1979 and 1980.

31-year-old Walt Terrell.

2-3 for the Yanks.

I thought he was safe.

Yeah.

He owes lead 3-0. a ball down and in the court you know speaking of the old Yankees getting fined I heard that Del Webb and Dan Topping were a little bit concerned once about some of the night owl activities of Mickey and Whitey and Billy Martin and some of the others so they hired a private detective to follow these guys around town and they couldn't turn up any evidence much to the dismay of the Yankee executives and finally one day These detectives were totally bored and they decided that they would follow Tony Kubek and Bobby Richardson.

Those old

Yeah, and you've got to really know how to time that pitcher.

And Billy Martin has a great knack of teaching that to certain guys that he feels knows how to run.

He usually does it with more than one man on base, though.

He camouflages it.