Constantino Martinez is back with the Yankees, this time as a minor league instructor.
Martinez, 47, will work with the Yankees’ prospects, occasionally traveling to each minor league team throughout the course of the season.
Martinez has become more visible over the past year or so, as he tries to ease his way back into baseball. He was an intense player for those mid-nineties Yankees teams, and he carried that into the dugout when he became the hitting coach for the Marlins in 2013.
He abruptly resigned in July of that year after reports surfaced that he was physically and verbally abusive towards his players. It’s not known if he wants to seriously get back into coaching at the big league level, but this would be a good start for him.
Martinez will forever be remembered as the gritty, hard-nosed nice guy at first base for those championship teams. His toughness and intensity were what those teams were about. His grand slam in game one of the 1998 World Series, and his two-out, game-tying bottom of the ninth homer in game four of the World Series in 2001 both stand out in a career that was filled with clutch hits.
Last year, Martinez was honored with a plaque in Monument Park.
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