George Steinbrener , Billy Martin on Letterman
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- čas přidán 19. 02. 2014
- The Boss and Billy Martin appear on Letterman, Billy tells a funny story about
how he was punk'd by the great Mickey Mantle.
During his day Mickey Mantle was to the Yankees what Derek Jeter is today.. - Sport
Can you imagine if Billy was managing today and someone told him to put in a player because the computer said it was the right move.
He would tell them to do something to himself, which was physically impossible.
The Yankees would go through a lot of laptops.
@margaretjiantonio939 hahaha got that right, Bruce Bochy is more of go with your gut type manager and proves that it works fantastic in 2023
I think that computer would be on the LTIR.
I met Billy in the early 80's in an Arizona Restaurant during Spring Training when he was managing Oakland. I was a Sales Trainer for a major Grocery Manufacturer at the time & we were having a Planning meeting out there. Our group was seated close to his table (which included all of his A's coaches). They were all having cocktails, just like we were & Billy was obviously holding court & his coaches were laughing their asses off. One of my cohorts & I decided to head to his table to say hello and Billy could not have been nicer. We shot the shit for a few minutes, briefly talked to his coaching staff, thanked him for his hospitality & then headed back to our table. Within a few minutes, our waitress came over to our table to advise us that "Mr. Martin has picked up the next 2 rounds for your table". Both our parties left the Restaurant around the same time, so our group got to thank Billy & his staff for their generosity.
Billy was quite a character & I always liked him, even though I rarely routed for the teams he managed. He is most definitely still missed by many Baseball fans!!
thanks for posting this.
The story you told about Billy Martin typically has one of two endings. 99% of the time those stories ended the same as yours. It’s a shame that most people think they ended the other way.
Will always love Billy. A tortured soul, but will always think the world of him.
God bless that " dago"....I am too! I loved him! He reminded me of Sonny Bono
@@depaola63 God bless the Little Dago!
I still miss Billy Martin.
One of our generation’s great partnerships. Billy and George built great Yankee teams and offered a ton of on field and off entertainment. RIP Billy and George.
George just bought players
Never built team he just bought team's
@@WilliamFlickinger-qv3us …and managers, and they performed…
If you had lived it, you wouldn't say that. They were anything but a great tandem. They despised each other.
Built? great teams? yeah, like the Yankees do today? Open the wallet. and outbid everyone.
Steinbrenner used to eat Calzones for lunch because George Costanza got him hooked.
We've all heard the Billy Martin horror stories, but every interview I've seen with him, he seems to be a very likable person
Can u imagine living in the early 50s with him and Mickey and Whitey as they painted the town!! I bet those were great and wild times
he's great on camera!!
Back when Baseball was just about the sport and fun times!! These 2 gentlemen are greatly missed!! RIP guys!
"Just about the sport and fun times" You're delusional.
@@LegionIscariot BOY if I wanted your opinion I'd given you one. So until then shut your pie hole.
Gentlemen?!
I think George truly loved Billy because he was everything he wasn't. they had great chemistry.
He never once denied that either.
He also fired him how many times?
@@hughdismuke4703: 5
@@stevedrums1675 And he was about to come back for #6 but sadly he died.
@@hughdismuke4703Fired Billy as many times as Steinbrenner rehired him. You should know that Hughy boy.
Billy should be in the hall of fame... a great manager
R.I.P.: Billy Martin and George Steinbrenner
Red Sox Nation will always miss you both!
Yes, we will!
Thank you. Red Sock Nation. Respect.
@@docfjs
Respect back to you.
Uh, the Red Sox are not a ‘nation’, they’re a regional ball team who don’t draw all that well in markets outside of the northeast…the couple times I’ve attended games at Fenway were not memorable, lousy seats, crummy rest rooms, stupid stadium dimensions, soda come with no ice, the beer was warm and compared to where I grew up the fans are as dumb as oxen…every time a fly ball heads to the outfield, the Boston sheeple all stand and cheer expecting a home run when it’s not even close to the warning track…
@@frankreedy6437
Tell that to ESPN who, once upon a time, called the Boston Red Sox "The Nation", but that was a long time ago. What Baseball Team are you a Fan on that you are putting down not only the Red Sox, but also Their Fans and also their legendary facility known as Fenway Park?
Wow, that's a funny story! I just watched the George Brett pine tar incident and then stumbled upon this video. CZcams is awesome. I spend too much time on it, but it,s kind of like panning for gold. Every now and then you come up with a nugget like this. How cool to be a talk show host. Letterman was awesome! Thanks for sharing, JWolfProductions.
Joe, I agree! CZcams is a treasure trove!
The Brett vid is epic. Brett reminds me of the time when my girlfriend changes the channel on the tv and i come running out of the kitchen telling her to change it back....lol.
Billy looking pretty cleaned up.
That wouldn't last.
A flawed genius....Nice.
The last week or so, have been glued to the Late Show.....Lettermans last show is this week......Another one very good at his job.
Back when baseball was still fun and just a game
Was never “just a game” with George Steinbrenner
I know what you mean. Baseball has moments and memories you just don't get anywhere else. They get recorded stronger. I'll give you a for instance I love baseball and football too but I can't remember all the big plays Tom Brady made in bringing the Pats back against the falcons in the Superbowl comeback. But I can remember Gibson's HR and how it won game one of the 1988 series.
In 1980 he put the A's back on the map. When he was at his best, he could outmanage anyone.
McDago100 yes. a true baseball manager-able genius. like Earl Weaver, TOTALLY DRIVEN TO WIN.
He has said that the turn around he did with the 1980 Oakland Athletics was one of his proudest accomplishments as a manager.
Billy was a man who had his flaws. Too often they were what the media swarmed on. When he managed the Athletics, I saw a side to him that you rarely heard about in New York. Unfortunately for Billy, he was his own worst enemy. When he managed the A's, he was right next to where he grew up.
One of the best things about that turnaround was the song "Billy Ball" lol...got a lot of play in Northern California at that time. I was a kid and my grandfather would take me to games and I got a Billy Ball tshirt...even as a Yankee fan those days were great
Are you living in a bubble, he's was a drunk and a rude mean spirited man. A real loser. Something to be ashamed off.
I always thought that Steinbrenner was just a fictional Seinfeld Character... I am from Kenya. MLB not as big
In the 70s and 80s almost everyone knew who he was in the sports world
that's hilarious lmao
Apparently they tried having the real George Steinbrenner play himself on “Seinfeld”, but Larry David didn’t like the results and decided to play Steinbrenner himself, without showing his face. That’s why you only see “Steinbrenner” from behind.
@@jeremycrandall2899 the clips of George’s scrapped scenes are on CZcams
@@TheLocalLt cool, I’ll try to find them.
Lol 😂 “What are you doing, Dago?”
When NYC was still cool.
MANCHESTER UNITED F.C dude shut the fuck up
No shit. That comment was dead on
I loved Billy….a great player and manager…..rip
baseball sucks without these two men around to stir things up
Your right, Billy Martin had fights with players in the dugout during games. Just imagine if social media, tv coverage back then was the way it is now.
+TheJWolfProductions Funny how you mention social media, I think cell phones and social media ruined baseball haha, you go to games these days nobody watches the games, they're on their phones.
Like before Ali , boxing was sort of boring... These two resurrected the game, making it dinner discussion...” Did you hear about what Billy said about George in the papers yesterday “???
Late 90s Version Of George Was Absolutely The Best !!!! Stay Strong....Peace
Reading a biography right now about Billy. Great stuff
The cow story is classic! LOL
aitraining OMG 1st time I heard it I was on the ground laughing.
Billy Martin seem like great guy.
Allot of his player loved playing him.
And a lot hated his guts. It was a double edged sword.
Billy used the old Casey Stengel standard. Keep the five guys who hated you from the five who were undecided. Every manager has players who dislike him. Hard to have 25 guys all like you when you are making decisions that effect their livelihoods
Billy could never manage in today's culture. But in the 70's, he was my FAVORITE manager. The book #1 by Billy and a ghostwrite is STILL a FANTASTIC baseball read. Loved Billy. It was a said Christmas when he was killed in that crash.
You should also read Bill Pennington’s book on Billy. Has LOTS of interviews including some that had never spoken about Billy before. OUTSTANDING book
Thanks for the recommendations John and Jack!
@@jeffl.jay-ztheg.o.a.t3623 You are welcome. Glad I could make a book recommendation
Of course he could , he was known as a players mngr.
Billy should be in the HOF had better winning percentage then 7 managers in the Hall of Fame Sparky & La Russa are 2 of them. Billy won the 1977 World Series as a manager!!!
Unfortunately for Martin, both LaRussa and Sparky won several titles with several iconic teams. The Red machine and 84 Tigers and the Bash Brothers of the Oakland A's and the Cards. Both powerhouse teams.
@MANCHESTER UNITED F.C soccer is for women
Reccos skcus
@@Joseph-lz5er Billy Martin represents over 50 years of managerial legacy and baseball strategy passed down by Casey Stengel, and before him John McGraw.
Tony LaRussa is a great manager but in my mind he also represents steroids, both in Oakland and St Louis. Even after the steroid era ended, accusations continued flying at his players (Rick Ankiel, Allen Craig, Lance Berkman, etc).
@@trippy5519 The rest of the world disagrees with you and many men here in the US play it.
Billy's speaking voice sounds a lot like Sonny Bono's.
I agree
It does!!
maybe they're related..
Billy Martin the only manager to take bad teams from worst to first in today's baseball where everything is based on managing by the book Billy Martin would not be able to manage in today's baseball, this man managed by his gut.
Brilliant manager and team-builder....but eventually and sadly, too self-destructive. Almost like a great soldier in the trenches who couldn't quite adapt to times of peace. He and Bob Lemon really should have been a managing duo the whole time...Billy for the earlier part that needs whipping into shape, Lemon for when things got good and stabilized.
The best Mgr in my lifetime.
Tell me doesn't Bill sound like Sonny Bono when he speaks
Yes , Good call .
Billy LOOKS like Sonny Bono. Except Billy sings better and tells funnier stories.
omg now that you said that... definitely lol.
elvis presley yes he does great call.
He certainly has Sonny's smile.
omg the best days ever
This aired Apr 16, 1987 btw.
Billy died 2.5 years later.
the good days.. man i miss how it was. life is short, it goes so quick.
Billy looks unusually relaxed here. I think he really meant it when he said he had no interest in managing again. 😆
God bless the self-proclaimed Little Dago
I'm surprised that building could contain the amount of personality...and even ego (in a good way )...in those three chairs. What an era.
Ahhh, those were the good old days . Back in the late 70’s, me grabbing a copy of the New York Post. I’d go right to the back page sports section to see how these two carried on and who called who what 😂
when telling the story notice how he mentioned mantle's nickname for him "d*go" (2:59), and nobody blinked an eye!
David Michael Letterman (12 de abril de 1947) es un presentador, comediante, escritor y productor de televisión estadounidense.
they loved each other.. and the Yankees.
Mickey’s version-three cows....
Billy’s version-two cows....
the real version was probably no cows.
The real version is a stand up bit by comedian Jerry clower . It appears they stole the entire story from Jerry
those guys prolly have enough stories to fill 3 lifetimes
Billy, George and Reggie -- like a stick of dynamite, short fuse and a lit match. They never should've been brought together.
E Leo Well, the won-lost record says differently.
But thank the Baseball Gods that they were!
The George--Billy combo completely resurrected the dormant Yankees franchise in the 70's.
Seems like a long time ago, ... both gone now. both very unique and difficult characters. rest in peace. Billy was, as they sometimes say, "a flawed genius" at what he did for a living.
While he was one of my favorite coaches in baseball, a quick review of facts doesn't really separate him from other great coaches. I'll say this, he was a million times the coach Torre was, just different situations.
My all-time favorite Tiger manager
Miss these days for sure
Billy Martin to me as a Reds fan was UNDERRATED. A great manager won a ring & took other clubs the A's Twins Rangers & Tigers to the door step. The 81 A's on a paper weren't as good as the Yankees. Yet Billy got them there with "Billy Ball." Billy was also a good 2nd baseman big in post season.
he made every team better,should be in the Hall
Love it
Billy was a real real joker he loved to joke around alot !!!! Rip BILLY .
I wish Billy Martin was still alive
A baseball savant...
Steinbrenner's two greatest hires--Billy Martin and George Costanza!
Billy reminds me of Harry Dean Stanton
THANKS SO MUCH!!! First time Ive ever saw this. Ive always heard that story by Mickey. It was great to hear it from guy who got pranked. For those who questioned if that story was ever true. Seeing here how Martin is kinda of embarassed, tells me its authentic.
If anything, Mickey mighta lied about how many cows Billy actually killed. With Martin's temper, it coulda been more like a dozen cows, instead of the 2-3 that's always told.
these 2 guys were co-dependents---couldn't live with or without each other
GREAT VIDEO ! TUESDAY 7/11/23 JULY 11, 2023
Billy was the best
Billy martin an stienbrenner i knew tjat would be fun....
Baseball worth watching
Steinbrenner fired and unfired Martin ten times during that handshake.
Martin could drink, as could Mantle! They both probably polished off more bottles that hits.
He was the Best !!! RIP BILLY & GEORGE !!!
And Mickey!!!
I still miss BILLY!
Get better georgeeee get betttttterrrr!!!
The best
Remember when George Costanza would get George a Calzone every day for lunch?
Love hate...respect no respect.....win lose.....perfect marriage!
when you hear the punchline lol Billy
Micky tells the same story right here on CZcams
Cool
What year is this?
Classics times! Never again like this
Never again the best
Does anyone know when this was filmed? I guess it had to be after the 1988 season when Billy got fired (again). He passed away at the end of 1989, so sometime in fall 88 or in 1989? The Letterman set looks like the end of the 1980s also.
1986
That 1980 Oakland team he managed had some good pitching that year. He was known to burn pitchers out though and that team had 94 complete games and all five starters logged over 210 innings. The year before they had terrible pitching.
210 innings for a starter was NOTHING back then. Check the stats on guys like Nolan Ryan, Jim Palmer, Tom Seaver (Mickey Lolich, Jim Kaat, any longtime successful starter) who might throw 300 or more innings and routinely threw more shutouts and complete games in a year than this era's best pitchers will in their entire careers. Why do so many good pitchers' arms burn out in the last few decades ? Pitchers from the 70's, 80's and previous decades would tell you...because they don't throw ENOUGH.
What year is this from. It looks like mid 80s
Tough Boyo
Billy was freedom. 4 World Series rings as a player, 1 as a manager. The 1957 Miwaukee Braves have to thank the Yankee's front office for trading him mid-season to KC that year.
He was a very mediocre player. Go look at his numbers. A solid role player on those great Yankees teams, no doubt. But hardly anyone to write home about.
@@BookClubDisaster You’re right. He hit .333 in the World Series for his career and was 1953 World Series MVP. Comeback when you get a clue
@@TL2354 Marty Barrett also hit for a very high average in the World Series....
Was this 1989?
No disrespect to Girardi and Boone but if Billy Martin was in charge of this generation of Yankees, the team would've won at the least the last 5 world series.
hey Costanza.... pass that calzone over here
Sad billy and mantle passed away fairly young
Do you think George and Billy are still arguing where they are now?
George was good friends with Trump and I noticed when Billy came out he gave Billy a Trump style handshake.
By 03 George had completely lost it when they lost the ws to the marlins.
what year was this?
From a comment below, it was 1986.
DUI billy.
What year was this?
meterr 1987
Dam
Traded to Kansas City aftet getting Mantle in trouble with a fight Billy started at NYC Copacabana club.he was a great yankee🎉
As much as I hated the Yankees.The personnel was classic. I couldn't hate Billy Martin George Steinbrenner or even Reggie Jackson but man did they make classic drama. Only in that big a****** city of New York..
This story is so surreal because it came from a stand up act by comedian jerry clowers. Jerry may have adapted it from this story . But, I doubt it.
Funny
Oh those were the good old days in NY mid to late 70s. Disco, sat nite live, the blackout, son of Sam, girls, nite clubs.. Zeppelin, pink Floyd, weed, Yankees! Every day the yanks were a headline. Billy was the best manager ever, and George the best owner.... But they won!
dont ever turn your back on martin if he was in the old west he would of shot you in the back
Mickey Mantle was more to the Yankees than Jeter was. The Mick won the triple crown, the MVP 3 times and won, count em' the 1951,52,53,56,58, 61,62 world series. Seven World Championships! He had power, could switch hit and was the EXCLUSIVE face of NY Baseball in the late 50's to early 60's when the Giants and Dodgers left and before the Mets were born!
If all things were equal, Mickey Mantle would be nothing more than Eddie Murray.
how about their lite beer commercial
I'll never like Steinbrenner for moving in the fences at Yankee Stadium to increase home runs for his right-handed lineup such as Dave Winfield. Changed the history of the then renovated stadium. Whitey Ford would have objected.
Mantle would have had 600+
all for show
That's a real owner; not The son Jr...
Billy Martin was the best manager of his time
I'm listening to Billy Martin's voice, and I'm thinking, if he grew a moustache you'd think he was Sonny Bono ....
What are you doing Dego? The Dimagg was the big Dego.
It's dago. The least you can do is get the ethnic slur spelled correctly.
@@lannetteamourose7335
Thanks. Are you a duushbag?
Or a douchebag?