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Reggie never understood Billy

New York Yankees' Reggie Jackson, left, and Bucky

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Reggie Jackson doesn’t break any shocking new ground on the subject of Billy Martin in his sitdown with (Commack) Bob Costas for Monday’s edition of “Studio 42’’ on MLB Network.

But it still is jarring to hear him speak so bluntly about the late, still popular but deeply flawed former Yankees manager.

“I never had an understanding of Billy Martin,’’ Jackson tells Costas. “I did not accept...

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