MURDER, POLITICS, AND THE END OF THE JAZZ AGE
by Michael Wolraich
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I was thinking of George Steinbrenner
By Flavius on Thu, 09/14/2017 - 11:34pm |tonight, I used to escape from the Cross Bronx onto the GW at 8 something in the morning. Back when Steinbrenner used to fire Billy Martin every other weekend; Or so it seemed, What did Reggie say? "One's a liar and the other's convicted?" Something like that.
After one of those G &B ( I started to write S&M and thought " No") reconciliations the Y's had the clever idea of using the enormous bill board looking down on the bridge from the Palisades: Photo of Martin from behind in uniform: caption underneath:
Billy' s Back
Listening to Rachel interview Hillary tonight. I thought : Hilllary's back .
Good to see her again. Just think......
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Perfect example of why I appreciate when you share your reminiscences influenced by news of the day, Flav. A lot of times they are about pop culture moments that interest me or once did and I either forgot or didn't grasp well enough at the time. I have a personal interest in the whole Billy Martin thing, but I didn't know about that billboard and it sort of explains everything I was trying to remember, why he was a bad boy celeb.
by artappraiser on Fri, 09/15/2017 - 1:01pm