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Marty Martinez, 1941-2007
2007-03-20 00:10
by Bob Timmermann

Marty Martinez, who played seven seasons in the majors as a utility infielder and served as manager of the Seattle Mariners for one game in 1986, passed away last week.

Larry Stone of the Seattle Times wrote a remembrance of Martinez and his long career in baseball. As a scout, Martinez signed Edgar Martinez and Omar Vizquel among others.

In the linked story, Stone gets the date wrong of Martinez's lone game as a manager. It was actually on May 8, 1986.

Martinez's career record as a player.

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2007-03-20 09:44:30
1.   El Lay Dave
Being born and raised in Los Angeles and accustomed to hearing Spanish pronunciations (even in the 1960s), I remember being surprised to hear Curt Gowdy pronounce that last name MAR-tin-ehz on a Game of the Week.
2007-03-20 09:50:50
2.   El Lay Dave
One degree of Dodger separation - Martinez was once traded from Houston to St. Louis for Bob Stinson, whom the Cards acquired one year earlier from L.A. in the Dick Allen deal.

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