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Reggie Jackson heard Billy Martin use racial and anti-Semitic remarks then,and felt it was time to talk about them now. #8220;You need to set the record straight, #8221; the Hall of Fame slugger told TheAssociated Press on Friday. #8220;They #8217;re the truth. #8221;The late Martin managed the New York Yankees in the late 1970s, a fiery timethat included a pair of World Series championships. Ja 606 football ckson spoke about Martinin an interview with the MLB Network that will be shown Monday night. #8220;I did not accept the way he managed me. I did not accept the way hemanaged Ken Holtzman. I thought there was anti-Semitism there, #8221; Jackson said inthe MLB Network interview. #8220;I couldn #8217;t accept the racial epithets in reference to players like ElliottMaddox or Billy Sample, #8221 606 football ; he said. #8220;There are players that played for him thatwould tell you that. #8221;Jackson told the AP that #8220;sometimes it #8217;s uncomfortable, but it #8217;s real andyou can #8217;t ignore it. #8221; #8220;There #8217;s a certain time that when somebody asks you a question, you answerthem, #8221; the 65-year-old Jackson said. #8220;I don #8217;t think I said anything withvenom. If you 606 football can express yourself without anger and make it as palatable as youcan, that #8217;s what you do. #8221;Jackson was asked how often Martin used such language. #8220;Sometimes, #8221; he said. #8220;It wasn #8217;t all the time. #8221;Jackson hit three home runs in the clinching Game 6 of the 1977 WorldSeries, earning the nickname #8220;Mr. October. #8221; He starred again in the Series thenext y 606 football ear as the Yankees won another title.The relationship between Jackson and Martin was tumultuous, played outagainst a backdrop of what became known as #8220;The Bronx Zoo. #8221; #8220;He was a guy I never got to know really well. Obviously, we didn #8217;t see eyeto eye, #8221; Jackson said.Martin died in a car crash on Christmas Day in 1989.Jackson hit 563 home runs in a career from 1967 through 606 football 1987, and was theMVP of the World Series in 1973 and 1977. He says he was aware some players wereusing performance-enhancing drugs at the time. #8220;When (Jose) Canseco came in, he talked about steroid use fairly openly andwhen I was playing with Mark McGwire, he was not suspect, didn #8217;t have the sizeand he was not a steroid user, #8221; Jackson told the MLB Network. #8220;McGwire,(Barry) 606 football Bonds, (Roger) Clemens #8212;these guys were great players without PEDs.Would Canseco have his 460 or 470 home runs without? Probably not. McGwire hits480 or 500. Bonds hits 600. Clemens wins 320. #8221; #8220;The sad part of that, too, is when you see the great players like PrinceFielder(notes) and great players like (Albert) Pujols, it makes you unfairlyquestion, #8221; Jackson said.He said he r 606 football an across someone Friday who was aware Jackson had referencedcurrent players in his remarks. #8220;He said to me, #8216;Why did you have to mention those guys? #8221; #8217; Jackson said. #8220;I told him that #8217;s what those guys who used steroids did to the game. Theyraised suspicions all over baseball. #8221; Follow Yahoo! Sports' MLB coverage on Twitter. Updated 1 hour, 47 minutes ago 606 football
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