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Wednesday December 5th, 1945
Fred Farhat
Martin Says Goodbye to Detroit....and baseball?
The day after GM DD Martin was fired in Detroit I had the opportunity to meet with the Dynamo's former GM.
Farhat - DD obviously a tough situation here to be discussing.
Martin - On the contrary Freddie, it is not.
Farhat - What do you mean, you were just fired.
Martin - (laughs) Well I guess you could say that and that is the spin that Powell will certainly put on it. The fact is I had a valid contract offer on my desk for 2 months. I didn't sign it but continued on in good faith in case we decided to work something out.
Farhat - But when you came into the office over the Sunday, you knew what was going to happen?
Martin - I'm the one that called Powell for the meeting. So yes, I knew that I wasn't going to stay on as the GM.
Farhat - Any regrets?
Martin - Only that we were not able to finish out what we had set out to do. Honestly I wanted to win that pennant for Big Money Ed Thompson before he passed away. We certainly had a window and came up just short. I regret that we could not give this great fan base that twice broke the FABL attendance record an FA Pennant and World Series title. But we did a lot of good things. If you remember how much of a dumpster fire the franchise was in when I arrived in May 1935, I feel we have done a lot. This franchise is in much better shape today and I feel is strongly in position if not in 1946 then the following year to do great things and end the championship drought.
Farhat - Do you know what you will be doing and what Detroit will be doing going forward?
Martin - I will answer the latter question first. Yes I know what Powell intends to do. I have spoken with the man that will be coming in and he has my full support in taking on the job. As for your first question, time will tell. I'm not quite ready to announce anything, but whether it is on the west coast or the east coast, I will likely still be involved with the game of baseball.
That was my conversation with the now former GM of the Dynamo's. I guess we will see what happens with the Detroit franchise and what happens with the career of DD Martin.