Comments on: Billy Martin

By: CMcFood

CMcFood — Thu, 20 Sep 2007 22:18:00 +0000

20. I wish that Billy Martin gets reincarnated as Marshmallow salesman, and that he gets into a fight with the Florida's mascot, Billy Marlin, and loses.

By: ramblin pete

ramblin pete — Thu, 20 Sep 2007 04:50:34 +0000

19. This is veering perilously close to that cringe-inducing “What are you thankful for?” chatter that proliferates, uncomfortably, around the holiday supper table. Or perhaps (oof) “Where do you see yourself in five years?” (see Tom Burgmeier)

My innermost wish is that you heretofore refrain from this type of inveterate psychological inquisitioning, and cease/desist from any similar filibusters on your path to crafting riveting anacdotes concerning your boyhood thoughts on Rudy Meoli, Aurelio Rodriguez and Richie Zisk.

I also wish that the CW network would air its reruns of ‘South Park’ at a more resonable and godly hour than 300 AM (for those of us who don’t have cable).

And I guess I wish that ‘Charles in Charge’ would then air before it, instead of ‘Frasier.’

By: El Lay Dave

El Lay Dave — Tue, 18 Sep 2007 03:10:51 +0000

18. My innermost wish is that my wife and I did the best job we could raising our daughter, who is a college freshman this year and that her life turns out well. I hope we taught her how to make good decisions.

By: Peanut

Peanut — Sat, 15 Sep 2007 23:17:41 +0000

17. Maybe it was Billy's dream that he was inspiring a future John Turturro character.

By: Josh Wilker

Josh Wilker — Sat, 15 Sep 2007 17:15:14 +0000

16. 15 : Good point, Bartleby (Note: "Bartleby" is according to the practice I just this minute invented a respectful and familiar means of address applied to all my fellow workers in the field of editing, proofreading, fact-checking, indexing, and the like; the term "Bartleby" refers of course to the patron saint of our quiet cubicle-bound toil [http://tinyurl.com/2m93ec] and is to be used in the same manner as other more well-known terms of respectful/familiar address, such as "homeboy"). Maybe I can still make the conceit work (for the 1978 Billy Martin card profile, version 2.0?) by leaning on the following claims: Billy Martin is inarguably the manager of the New York Yankees in the picture, surely a dream come true for him; he has by the time of the picture won a pennant for his beloved team; he is still at the helm of that team, which is at the time of the picture likely favored to win another pennant, as they fortified their pennant-winning roster with the best slugger alive (Reggie), so he is in the midst of a championship season, which might be even greater for a fighter like Billy Martin than having already had a championship season. Also, regardless of when the picture was taken it reached my hands in 1978, with the Yankees as champions, so maybe I can claim "poetic license" and imagine that I am looking at a photo of Billy Martin from after his WS win (the boy holding the card might reason that all the back of the card data on all his cards has been updated through the end of the previous year, so why should the front of the cards be different?). Whew, what a windbag.

By: Cliff Corcoran

Cliff Corcoran — Sat, 15 Sep 2007 16:09:32 +0000

15. Now that I've stopped holding my breath and crossing my fingers and toes for walbers and his wife, I can be a jerk and point out that the photos for the 1978 Topps cards were likely taken early during the 1977 season, so the Martin in the photo above has most likely not achieved that innermost wish just yet.

By: Suffering Bruin

Suffering Bruin — Sat, 15 Sep 2007 15:16:56 +0000

14. Will, that's great news. I've shared some personal stuff on the DT thread before, got nothing but the best wishes from a community that truly cared... and people still ask me why I spend my time checking out baseball sites. My most fervent wish, outside of love and happiness for my family, is to become a great teacher. Getting there is like chasing Willie Mays in a rundown... you'll end up humiliating yourself more than once but the pursuit is worth it because if it works, what better satisfaction is there? So I'm looking to tag out Willie.

By: Josh Wilker

Josh Wilker — Sat, 15 Sep 2007 12:08:24 +0000

13. That's really great, Will. Good luck to you both with the surgery and recovery.

By: walbers

walbers — Sat, 15 Sep 2007 09:18:35 +0000

12. to all of you who were wishing with me, thanks so much for your kind thoughts. we got our wish. Not cancer, though still the highest level of pre-cancerous lesion. it would have definitely turned to cancer if we hadn't gone to get it checked. so, the diseased tissue can be removed surgically and she's looking at 100% recovery! best rgds, will (and Sarah) and, please make sure the women you love get regular Pap tests. it saves lives...

By: Antonello

Antonello — Sat, 15 Sep 2007 06:05:32 +0000

11. best wishes, will.