Quotes from Mike Shropshire

Rumor had it that during the last home stand, someone had called the stadium ticket office asking what time the game started and was told, "What time can you be here?

Herzog might have been willing to do that. But this season he apparently felt that it was his obligation as a responsible citizen to alert the public back in North Texas that something dreadful was about to happen. Poor Whitey was trying to cry out a warning, like somebody shouting to the captain of the Hindenburg to turn on the "No Smoking" sign.

And Bill Virdon, the incumbent manager, maintained all the charm and charisma of an old man's nut sack. Martin knew too well that somewhere, George Steinbrenner was watching and listening.

additional half-decade. Charles Finley was furious