19TH HOLE: THE READERS TAKE OVER
Edited by Gay Flood
June 14, 1976
BASEBRAWLSir:
Neil Leifer's picture of the "discussion" at home plate during Game I of the New York-Boston series says it all (Yankee Doodle Series Was a Dandy, May 31). I've long felt that Billy Martin was one of the very best managers in baseball, and being a diehard Yankee fan, I'm glad he's back in pinstripes. He's got them off and running, and evidently when it comes to using their dukes, he's given a few pointers on that score, too.MICHAEL ALAN EDDY
Los Angeles
NO ONE GETS FIRED
Sir:
Regarding your article on Japanese baseball (Bowed hut Never Bloodied, May 10), a kyuyo (rest and recuperation) plan of a sort has already been tried in the States. In the early 1960s the Chicago Cubs tried a system of revolving coaches. Two men, Elvin Tappe (twice)and Lou Klein (three times), returned from kyuyos to resume the duties of head coach. It didn't work.
W. E. WAGNER, M.D.
Yankton, S. Dak.