Well the 2nd part of the 8 part series THE BRONX IS BURNING has came out and picked up where the 1st one left off. We are starting to see the Yankees get in a bit of a war, as Billy Martin doesn’t seem to be all that thrilled to having Reggie Jackson as a Yankee. Then the owner George Steinbrenner isn’t all that thrilled that Reggie Jackson isn’t get to play every game and he’s having to pay his hefty salary for just sitting on the bench.

The Son of Sam is now the name of the serial killer that has been going around shooting people at point blank range in the Queens area of New York. Actually the killer is sending in letters to the police and he calls himself the Son of Sam. The newspapers are referring to the killer as the .44 Caliber Killer. There’s a little bit of coincidence that the newspapers are picking up on the .44 Caliber part, while the new star slugger Reggie Jackson wears the uniform number of 44. So there are 2 forty fours that are making the headlines in New York City in the summer of 1977.

We got to see some of the stress being relieved from the team, as Billy Martin tries a little bit of luck. He calls Reggie Jackson into his office and he has a hat that has all the starting position players for the Yankees in it. The coach has written down all the names on separate pieces of paper and has mixed them up in the hat. When Reggie comes into the office, Billy tells him to pick one piece of paper out of the hat. When Reggie pulls out the first piece of paper, it has Randolph on it and then Billy instructs one of the other coaches to start writing the names on the chalkboard, that is located in the room. Billy then tells Reggie to pick another name out of the hat and he continues this process until 9 players are picked out of the hat. He then uses this as the batting order for the next game. The Yankees get on a little win streak and they continue to use this batting order during the streak, that Reggie picked out of the hat.

So the first 2 shows are in the books and there are 6 shows left. The 3rd part of the Bronx is Burning comes on at 10PM Eastern USA Time on July 24th and can be seen on ESPN. ESPN will be showing all 8 of the episodes on a weekly basis for the next 8 weeks of this mini-series that is revolving around the Yankees, Son of Sam, and the Blackout that New York had to endure that year. Don’t worry if you miss any of the shows original air dates, as ESPN is showing each new part several times throughout the week. So if you’re not around on Tuesday Night or miss an episode, then you will have plenty of chances to see the current episode, before a new one follows on Tuesday Nights.