Seventeen years earlier, after the forced midseason resignation of Manager Billy Martin, Steinbrenner had rehired Martin six days later. Steinbrenner was going back to a familiar script. Then Showalter and Krivacs went into another room to discuss what they had just heard, as well as what had been discussed in Arizona. Steinbrenner, Showalter said, was incredulous. “He couldn’t understand what the big deal was — he didn’t understand why there was anything to stop me,” Showalter said.

Source: New York Times May 03, 2019 15:56 UTC