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[url=http://www.nytimes.com/2006/10/26/sports/baseball/26bronx.html?ei=5088&en=289c61e40958ba5c&ex=1319515200&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss&pagewanted=all]Full NY times article[/url]
NORWICH, Conn., Oct. 24 ? The clubhouse at Dodd Stadium was full of actors Tuesday. They were portraying the 1977 Yankees, some in uniform, some in paisleys, double-knits and platform shoes, for an ESPN miniseries. They were supposed to be in Milwaukee in mid-July during the season in which Reggie Jackson designated himself the ?straw that stirs the drink? on his new team.
Out of the manager?s office stepped John Turturro as Billy Martin.
Turturro lost weight to look as frail as Martin did. He wore latex ears to approximate Martin?s large, jutting ones. He stood timidly in street clothes and cowboy boots and read a statement in which he denied reports in which a ?prominent Yankee? said that George Steinbrenner was dictating his lineup and making him miserable.
?I want everyone to know that Mr. Steinbrenner is in no way interferin? with my day-to-day baseball decisions,? Turturro said in a quiet monotone, his voice tinged with the in-and-out Texas accent that Martin affected. He finished, looking abashed at his capitulation to the power of Steinbrenner, who is still the Yankees? principal owner.
?Who wrote that for you, Billy?? a reporter said, but Martin ignored him, turned and walked into his office.
Down the corridor, visible in silhouette, stood Oliver Platt, who plays Steinbrenner in ?The Bronx Is Burning,? an eight-hour adaptation of Jonathan Mahler?s 2005 book, ?Ladies and Gentlemen, the Bronx Is Burning,? an account of the 1977 Yankees. But the book follows several other threads, including a cantankerous brawl of a mayoral race starring the eventual winner, Edward I. Koch; Mario M. Cuomo, a future governor; and a former congresswoman, Bella Abzug; the citywide blackout on July 13 that led to looting in many neighborhoods; and the manhunt for the .44-caliber killer known as the Son of Sam. ESPN will carry the series over eight weeks starting in July.
The bronx is burning on ESPN
November 18, 2006 at 02:39AM View formatted
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I just saw that the book will become a ESPN miniseries.
[url=http://www.nytimes.com/2006/10/26/sports/baseball/26bronx.html?ei=5088&en=289c61e40958ba5c&ex=1319515200&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss&pagewanted=all]Full NY times article[/url]
NORWICH, Conn., Oct. 24 ? The clubhouse at Dodd Stadium was full of actors Tuesday. They were portraying the 1977 Yankees, some in uniform, some in paisleys, double-knits and platform shoes, for an ESPN miniseries. They were supposed to be in Milwaukee in mid-July during the season in which Reggie Jackson designated himself the ?straw that stirs the drink? on his new team.
Out of the manager?s office stepped John Turturro as Billy Martin.
Turturro lost weight to look as frail as Martin did. He wore latex ears to approximate Martin?s large, jutting ones. He stood timidly in street clothes and cowboy boots and read a statement in which he denied reports in which a ?prominent Yankee? said that George Steinbrenner was dictating his lineup and making him miserable.
?I want everyone to know that Mr. Steinbrenner is in no way interferin? with my day-to-day baseball decisions,? Turturro said in a quiet monotone, his voice tinged with the in-and-out Texas accent that Martin affected. He finished, looking abashed at his capitulation to the power of Steinbrenner, who is still the Yankees? principal owner.
?Who wrote that for you, Billy?? a reporter said, but Martin ignored him, turned and walked into his office.
Down the corridor, visible in silhouette, stood Oliver Platt, who plays Steinbrenner in ?The Bronx Is Burning,? an eight-hour adaptation of Jonathan Mahler?s 2005 book, ?Ladies and Gentlemen, the Bronx Is Burning,? an account of the 1977 Yankees. But the book follows several other threads, including a cantankerous brawl of a mayoral race starring the eventual winner, Edward I. Koch; Mario M. Cuomo, a future governor; and a former congresswoman, Bella Abzug; the citywide blackout on July 13 that led to looting in many neighborhoods; and the manhunt for the .44-caliber killer known as the Son of Sam. ESPN will carry the series over eight weeks starting in July.
max_fischer
November 18, 2006 at 04:28AM View BBCode
Jonathan Mahler, the guy who wrote this book, is in my rotisserie baseball league. He also writes for the NY Times. He's such a nice guy that it's easy to forget how much I want to be him.Pages: 1