Yancy Street Gang wrote: I didn't realize that Billy Martin had latex ears. Has anyone read the book, by the way? Is it any good? The book is excellent. Covers much more than baseball including the Koch/Cuomo mayoral race, the Son of Sam murders, punk rock v. disco, the SoHo art scene, and a chilling middle section about the NYC blackout and looting in Bushwick. 1977 was an eventful year in New York.