Reggie Jackson would prefer not to be next to Billy Martin in Monument Park

Tuesday night's HBO "Real Sports" features a Bryant Gumbel sitdown with Reggie Jackson, who is promoting his new book, "Becoming Mr. October," in which he weighs in on a number of topics.

One of them is the way he was portrayed in the ESPN series, "The Bronx is Burning," back in 2007. Another is his ongoing dislike of Billy Martin.

Here are excerpts from the segment that HBO was nice enough to send:

Jackson said the book in part was a response to the series.

Here is Jackson once again recounting his infamous quotes about being "the straw that stirs the drink," and that then captain Thurman Munson "can only stir it bad":

Here is Jackson on his relationship with manager Billy Martin:

Here is Jackson talking about a meeting with GM Gabe Paul and Martin after he and Martin clashed in the Fenway Park dugout in June of 1977:

Here is Jackson talking about Martin's retired number in Monument Park:

Here is Jackson on being enshrined among the Yankees greats depite his relatively short time in pinstripes: