David Clyde:On His Time with the Texas Rangers

I interviewed former major league pitcher David Clyde. He talked about his time with the Texas Rangers, including Billy Martin, Whitey Herzog and much more.

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• Billy Martin
• David Clyde
• Whitey Herzog
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[sdcad]

He is around high school baseball players and youth players teaching them to pitch. He coaches a high school tournament team in the summers and has been very successful. He is great at working with young players and could not ask to have a better instructor or friend to the boys.

[owg59]

billy martin was a serious jerk.

[newarkcatholicfan]

ONE OF MY FAV PITCHERS

[d7u9er4]

In Seasons in Hell, Shropshire recounts how on the charter jet, after the Rangers were eliminated from the divisional race, Martin told him, "You know who cost us the pennant? That f***ing little David Clyde, that's who. Put that in your goddamn newspaper." Shropshire then comments that "Martin could just as easily have [blamed] Jim Sundberg because he didn't bat .415 and hit 45 home runs."

A few minutes later, Martin punched out the team's travelling secretary, Burt Hawkins.

[bobwible]

Thanks so much for this post! I first read about Clyde in Mike Shropshire's book, Seasons in Hell. I've always wondered where he is now. I know he retired from a lumber company, but here, it looks like he's in some sort of baseball setting. I hope so. I hope somebody is giving him a chance to be around baseball and enjoy it on his terms. Nice photos too. If you can, please update us on whereabouts! Thanks again!