On this date in 1979, Billy Martin is involved in a bar room altercation with Joseph Cooper, a Minnesota marshmallow salesman. Cooper requires 15 stitches to close a gash in his lip and Martin is fired as manager of the Yankees.
"Some people have a chip in their shoulder. Billy has a whole lumberyard." - sportswriter, Jim Murray
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3 comments:
too young to have anything but second-hand memories of this guy, but i've heard my share of stories
Where in his lap was the gash? Sounds painful.
Ha ha. Vasectomy!
Correction made.
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