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Show YOU MAY GET AND KEEP A GREAT SHAPE BY li CHARLES T. KUNTZLEMAN AND THE EDITORS Of CONSUMER GUIDE THECOMPLETE GUIDE TO i :H0WT0 GETflND KEEP A GREAT SHAPE i FACE Martin meets with his pitching staff, which led the A's to second place in their division But for all the players' achievements, the big draw was Billy Martin. Every time he popped out of the dug-ou- t, he got a big hand. Fans whooped it up while Martin growled at his charges or kicked dirt at umpires After games, reporters invariably visited his office before approaching key players. As one headline declared, Martin was the "Only Superstar in Oakland." In the the press made up a little for its wrongheaded predictions. Both wire services voted Martin American League Manager of the Year. Then just before season's end, Finley sold the club to a local family, and the A's were in Oakland to stay. n, So was Martin. He was given a raise (to about $200,000 a year), a five-yecontract, and a new title: "Field Manager and Director of Player Development." Now he was in charge of the A's minor league system, and he could spread the gospel of Billy Ball down to the rawest rookie on their Modesto, Cal., farm team. "Billy Ball" means two things. The first is a package that includes fundamentals, strategy, execution and accentuating one's positives. The second component is the desire to win which is what Billy Martin is all about. Third baseman Mickey Klutts, 26, remembers the A's before Martin. "We'd come in after losing, and guys would care for a few minutes, and then all of a sudden it'd be normal talk. 'What's new? We lost again.' "Now, when we lose, it's, 'Why?' 'How did we lose?' It bothers us like we're a championship club. We hate to lose. Billy hates to lose." The year before Billy, says Klutts, "we'd make mental mistakes, and nobody would chew us out and make us not do it again. Billy'll get on you. And then he forgets it. He just wants you not to do it again." "You know he's watching every ar PARADE APRIL 19. 19B1 1 7 thing," says pitcher Matt Keough, 25. "In the dugout, he'd ask somebody on the bench what pitch was just thrown, to see if you're paying attention. I can remember in 79 when you'd have trouble finding out from our bench who was up, what town we were in and what day it was!" Billy Martin has proven that he can win. But the victories have come at a cost. In the past, Martin has been so driven, he's alienated many of his critiplayers. His cisms of his superiors, often in the press, have gotten him fired despite winning seasons. And his long history of fights sometimes in defense of players, sometimes just because he's a scrapper is well known. Martin was once quoted as saying: "Alexander the Creat had a temper. But he kept his cool on the battlefield." I asked if he wished he could be more like Alexander. "I do keep my cool on the battlefield," he replied firmly. "That's my strength. A temper is an asset. If you use it, then it doesn't use you. The good Lord had a temper. Jesus had a temper. When you're a kid, a temper is called a hothead. When you're in professional sports, it's called a competitor. It's the same thing." But, I ventured, when Martin blows his stack at an umpire or team owner, or throws himself at Reggie Jackson, or takes a swing at a marshmallow salesman in a bar, he gets called "short-fused.- " "I'm not a short-fuse- d person," Martin interrupted, dark eyes glaring. "That's ridiculous. I get tired of hearing that. I've been hearing that since I was a kid. I've never started a fight in my life." I recalled his saying, in a previous conversation, that he doesn't push except when he's pushed. Martin updated me: "When I'm punched. 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