This Day In Baseball
History: August 18, 1989
It was on this date in 1989 that
Dallas Green was fired as manager by the New York Yankees and replaced by
former Yankee shortstop, Bucky Dent. This was the 17th managerial
changed in 17 seasons since George Steinbrenner took over ownership of the
Yankees. When George took over the Yankees in 1973, Ralph Houk was the bench
boss and had been since 1966. After the 1973 season, Houk resigned, and
speculation was that Steinbrenner’s interference was the reason for the
resignation.
After Houk, there was Bill
Virdon (1974-75), Billy Martin (1975-78), Dick Howser (one game in 1978), Bob
Lemon (1978-79), Billy Martin (1979), Dick Howser (1980), Gene Michael (1981),
Bob Lemon (1981-82), Gene Michael (1982), Clyde King (1982), Billy Martin
(1983), Yogi Berra (1984-85), Billy Martin (1985), Lou Pinella (1986-88), Billy
Martin (1988), Lou Pinella (1988), and then Dallas Green (1989) and Bucky Dent
(1989-90).
Steinbrenner was banned from
operating the Yankees in 1991 after hiring a gambler to dig up dirt on Yankees’
slugger Dave Winfield. The ban lasted two years and when Steinbrenner was
re-instated in 1993, he wasn’t as big a tyrant when it came to managers. Buck
Showalter served four years as the skipper from 1992-95 and Joe Torre lasted an
amazing 12 years (1996-2007) and won four World Championships.
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