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Billy Martin will have to scrap with a few more umpires if his Yankees are to re-enter title picture
Billy Martin will have to scrap with a few more umpires if his Yankees are to re-enter title picture

Billy Martin will have to scrap with a few more umpires if his Yankees are to re-enter title picture

Date6/28/1979
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Original Toronto Star caption: Billy Martin will have to scrap with a few more umpires if his Yankees are to re-enter title picture
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ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)
Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0065677F
Friendly enemies: The unholy alliance (for umpires) of Billy Martin, left, and Earl Weaver is something akin to owners' rep Ray Grebey taking home union boss Marvin Miller for cocktails
Friendly enemies: The unholy alliance (for umpires) of Billy Martin, left, and Earl Weaver is something akin to owners' rep Ray Grebey taking home union boss Marvin Miller for cocktails
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Friendly enemies: The unholy alliance (for umpires) of Billy Martin, left, and Earl Weaver is something akin to owners' rep Ray Grebey taking home union boss Marvin Miller for cocktails
Friendly enemies: The unholy alliance (for umpires) of Billy Martin, left, and Earl Weaver is something akin to owners' rep Ray Grebey taking home union boss Marvin Miller for cocktails
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Say what? Oakland manager Billy Martin had a few choice words to exchange with umpire Bill Kunkel at Exhibition Stadium last night after the latter ha(...)
Say what? Oakland manager Billy Martin had a few choice words to exchange with umpire Bill Kunkel at Exhibition Stadium last night after the latter ha(...)
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George Bamberger. Umpires are excellent
George Bamberger. Umpires are excellent
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Umpires
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Billy Martin: Oakland A's manager bumped an umpire and threw dirt on him
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Did he or didn't he? The umpire may be the only one who knows for sure, and home plate arbiter Mark Johnson called Yankees' Ron Hassey out when Jays' (...)
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Old friends: Former Maple Leafs Eddie Shack and Billy Harris share a few jokes and memories from the past as they gather with other oldtimers for a team picture yesterday
Old friends: Former Maple Leafs Eddie Shack and Billy Harris share a few jokes and memories from the past as they gather with other oldtimers for a team picture yesterday
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Pitching a card, Picture of pitcher Waite Hoyt of the New York Yankees is worth $500 on this 1924 cigarette card displayed by Phil Smedley at yesterda(...)
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