How could a World Series-winning manager with 19 years of experience lose his job over a 12-game sample? The answer is about much more than just a losing streak.
Excerpted from THE BOOK OF JOE: Trying Not to Suck at Baseball & Life by Joe Maddon and Tom Verducci. Copyright © 2022 by Joe Maddon and Tom Verducci. Reprinted by permission of Twelve, an imprint of Hachette Book Group. All rights reserved.
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Billy Martin was fired nine times. The first time he was dismissed, in 1969 by the Twins, he was fired by appointment.