When the Yankees looked for an advertising campaign to promote this year's team they ignored their rich tradition and big-name players, like Dave Winfield
, Don Baylor
and Steve Kemp
, and instead chose to emphasize the pugnacious nature of Billy Martin
, back for his third term as New York
's manager. Last Friday night in Texas
, Martin
kicked dirt on Umpire Drew Coble and received his second thumb of '83. Not only did Martin
's immature tirade fail to arouse his struggling team, which lost 8-3 to Texas
, it also earned him a three-day suspension. Is that the sort of battling the Yankees want—or ought—to sell?