from the New York Times:
MARTIN NAMED TWINS' MANAGER; KING TAKES OVER AS GIANTS' PILOT
Ex-Yank Promises A 'Hustling' Team
Two Pacific Coast League managers moved up to the major leagues yesterday when Billy Martin of Denver was named manager of the Minnesota Twins and Clyde King of Phoenix took over the direction of the San Francisco Giants.
At Bloomington, Minn., Martin, the 40-year-old former New York Yankee second baseman, promised hustle from his players and "whatever it takes to win," the Associated Press reported.
At San Francisco, King, 43, a one-time Brooklyn Dodger pitcher, said he hoped "we can launch the 1969 baseball season as successfully as they launched Apollo 7."
Martin succeeds Cal Ermer, who was deposed on Sept. 30, the day after the Twins finished seventh in the American League, 24 games behind Detroit.
King succeeded Herman Franks, who resigned and fulfilled a promise he had made that he would not be back if the Giants failed to win the pennant. They finished second for the fourth straight season under Franks.
Both managers were given one-year contracts. Their salaries were not announced.
Martin served as a Minnesota scout from 1962 to 1964 and as a coach from 1965 until taking the Denver post last May, when the Twins' farm club had a 7-22 won-lost record. The Bears won 65 games and lost 50 under Martin.
"We feel that after the kind of season we had in 1968, Billy Martin, with his inspirational winning attitude will get our ball club back on the right track," said Calvin Griffith, president of the club.
Martin said it was "the kind of challenge I've always loved, and one which I'm sure will bring the best out of both me and my ball club."
