One of my favorite Billy Martin stories comes form his time managing the A’s.
As he was wont to do, Billy got himself thrown out of the ballgame. He went into his office, turned on the TV, and called the dugout phone.
He continued talking to the dugout until the owner walked in. “Billy, when you get ejected, aren’t you supposed to leave the premises?” the owner asked. (Apparently, that was the rule at that time.
Billy got dressed, left, went to the sports bar across the street that had the game on. He went in the phone booth and called the dugout phone. He was managing the team and he wasn’t even in the ballpark.
Somewhere back in the 70’s there was a cartoon of George Steinbrenner being always followed by a man in a suit carrying a special briefcase, like the President. Inside the briefcase were the special codes used by Steinbrenner to fire Billy Martin. Not so funny in describing it but the cartoon was hilarious.