Despite lead-off home runs by Baltimore’s Ken Gerhart and Fred Lynn, off Jim Clancy, Toronto wins, 5 – 2. This is the second time in his career Clancy has started a game this way.

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Despite lead-off home runs by Baltimore’s Ken Gerhart and Fred Lynn, off Jim Clancy, Toronto wins, 5 – 2. This is the second time in his career Clancy has started a game this way.

Billy Martin is fired for the fifth time as manager of the New York Yankees

Billy Martin is fired for the fifth time as manager of the New York Yankees

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On June 23, 1988, Billy Martin is fired for the fifth time as manager of the New York Yankees. Although the Yankees’ record under Martin is 40-28, a recent 2-7 road trip doomed his fifth term in the Bronx. Martin is replaced by Lou Piniella, who had also succeeded Martin three years earlier… @ET-DC@eyJkeW5hbWljIjp0cnVlLCJjb250ZW50IjoicG9zdF90YWdzIiwic2V0dGluZ3MiOnsiYmVmb3JlIjoiTGVhcm4gTW9yZSBhYm91dCB0aGUgdGVhbXMsIHBsYXllcnMsIGJhbGwgcGFya3MgYW5kIGV2ZW50cyB0aGF0IGhhcHBlbmVkIG9uIHRoaXMgZGF0ZSBpbiBoaXN0b3J5IGp1c3QgY2xpY2sgdGhlIHRhZ3MhICAiLCJhZnRlciI6IiIsImxpbmtfdG9fdGVybV9wYWdlIjoib24iLCJzZXBhcmF0b3IiOiIgfCAiLCJjYXRlZ29yeV90eXBlIjoicG9zdF90YWcifX0=@