AUGUST 8TH, 2025

Hint: #1 Two years earlier he led the league in saves, helping his team win its division for the first time in thirteen years.

Hint: #2 He wears a uniform umber that corresponds to the number of players from his country who had become major leaguers.

Midweek Bonus question answered:

Q. Who was the first pitcher named Martinez to pitch in the World for the Baltimore Orioles?

Hint: #1 He started his team’s last game before a major league strike stopped the season & then started the first game back after cooler heads prevailed to end the strike.

Hint: #2 He faced and surrendered home runs to a famous major league father and son duo.

A.  DENNIS MARTINEZ  [SABR Bio]

– Ans. Martinez was the game #4 starter in the 1979 WS. He didn’t, however, make it through the 2^nd inning. All 4 batters he faced got a hit before he recorded an out, including a HR, 2 doubles & a single before manager Earl Weaver had seen enough.

– #1 Martinez started the Orioles’ final game before the 1981 players’ strike, a loss to Seattle on 11-Jun-1981.  When play resumed on 10-Aug-1981, Martinez again got the start, this time in a win over KCR.  Though he didn’t earn the decision, namesake Tippy Martinez did.

– #2 Bobby Bonds & Barry Bonds each homered off Martinez. Cleveland’s Bobby’s home runs were on 20-Jun-1979 & 20-Sep-1979. A decade later Barry Bonds , then with Pittsburgh, went deep off Martinez on 14-Aug-1989.

FCR – Andrew Milner, Philadelphia

August 2025

Hi Peter,

You’re invited to join our Book Club and go behind the scenes with author and former KJZZ reporter Christina Estes as she dishes on her second Arizona-based novel.

In mid-August, you can be among the first to hear in person from Christina about how the ethics of journalism have influenced her writing.

Be part of this pre-launch party for The Story That Wouldn’t Die.

Join Christina and bookstore owner Barbara Peters for a conversation and cool treats. We can’t wait to see you there!

Linda Pastori

Associate Vice President, Division of Public Service

Executive Director, Friends of Public Radio Arizona

Author Chat with Christina Estes

Monday, August 18

6:30–7:30 p.m.

The Poisoned Pen Bookstore

4014 N Goldwater Blvd, Scottsdale, AZ 85251

Free parking available

You can learn more about the book from Poisoned Pen here.

About the author:

Christina Estes’s career as an award-winning reporter inspired her mystery series featuring reporter Jolene Garcia, which began with Off the Air, winner of the Tony Hillerman Prize and a Good Morning America Buzz Pick.

During her twenty years as a journalist, Estes covered crime, public policy, and business for TV and radio stations in Phoenix, Arizona. Her reporting has appeared on CBS and NPR. After covering the city council for years, she is now working for the City of Phoenix.