Reggie Jackson

Martinez Jackson, 80, the father of California Angels designated hitter Reggie Jackson, was charged with aggravated assault and a weapons offense Thursday night after he allegedly fired a shot at a pedestrian who broke the window of Jackson's car with a tire iron, police said. Richard Py, 33, of the 400 block of Byberry Road in the city's Somerton section, was walking in the street in the 5400 block of North Sixth Street in Olney about 7 p.m. Thursday when, Py told police, Jackson drove his car too close to him. Py went into the trunk of his car, which was parked nearby, got a tire iron and threw it through the rear window of Jackson's car, shattering it, police said.

The Oakland A's have called a press conference for today and are expected to announce the return of Reggie Jackson after an 11-year absence. Sandy Alderson, the A's general manager, indicated over the weekend that Jackson and the team were close to reaching an agreement on a 1987 contract. The press conference was scheduled for 2 p.m. EST. The 40-year-old Jackson, who became a free agent this winter when the California Angels declined to offer him a new contract, played with the A's from 1968 through 1975 before signing as a free agent with the Baltimore Orioles.

Whenever Bensalem coach Sheldon Per introduced his players to young children this winter, he always told them that junior Ronnie Morris, who plays behind three-year starter Reggie Jackson, will be next year's starting point guard. "I just didn't know next year started at 7 o'clock tonight," Per said after his team posted a thrilling 65-56 overtime win against No. 23 seed West Chester East in the District 1 Class AAAA playoffs. With Jackson serving a one-game disciplinary suspension, Morris led the seventh-seeded Owls (18-7)

Four years ago Sunday, Barry Bonds of the Giants, whom the Phillies are playing this weekend, became the all-time home run king. Match this list of players with their career home run total. Answers: C3. 1. Hank Aaron. 2. Barry Bonds. 3. Ken Griffey Jr. 4. Reggie Jackson. 5. Mickey Mantle. 6. Willie Mays. 7. Frank Robinson. 8. Babe Ruth. 9. Mike Schmidt.

Martinez Jackson, 71, the father of professional baseball star Reggie Jackson, was robbed at knifepoint yesterday inside his Olney fur store, police said. Police said two thieves made off with a waist-length raccoon coat and a watch commemorating the day Jackson's son hit his 400th major league home run. Jackson, in an interview, placed the value of the coat at $1,000 and the watch, a Cartier, at about $1,700. Jackson said he was alone in the store at about 1 p.m. when two men in their twenties, who had been in twice before yesterday, entered a third time.

Reggie Jackson is a New York Yankee again. The 46-year-old, who was elected to the Hall of Fame this year, was introduced yesterday by club owner George Steinbrenner as special adviser to the team's general partners, which means he has no specific job description. Jackson will report to Joe Molloy, Steinbrenner's son-in-law, but his duties are not yet entirely clear. "This hiring is not a platform for anything," Steinbrenner said of his first appointment since returning from his suspension from baseball March 1. "This is because I truly believe in Reggie Jackson.

Reggie Jackson, Mr. October, reached out and touched someone. Several someones. "Reggie Jackson called me this afternoon," Boston's Don Baylor said last night, after the seventh game of the World Series was postponed by an all-day rain. "He explained to me what happened to their club, how they were completely down and out after the fifth game of the playoffs. "He said, 'Don't let it happen to your club.' He said. 'Be aggressive and do what you've always done.' "He's right.

From time to time, I make note of the alarming tendency of many well-known public figures to babble about their private lives. I call this the People Magazine Syndrome, for which there is no known medical cure except tearing their tongues out, which is illegal, although it shouldn't be. The most recent example of this affliction is Reggie Jackson, the wealthy baseball player and hot dog. A publicity man for a magazine has sent me a news...

Reggie Jackson sold his name to a Web site offering casino games, but it also showed up on a second one that features gambling on sports, including baseball. Jackson's lawyers had approved the use of his name for the first site, but said yesterday they had no knowledge that it was being used to point to the sports gambling site as well. Major league baseball is investigating Jackson's involvement with Transworld Network SA WorldNet Casinos Inc., located in San Jose, Costa Rica, which operates the sites.

SOME PEOPLE blame their problems on alcohol. Not Red Sox pitcher Jon Lester. He says Boston's season-ending demise was all on the team, bombing its last 27 games of the season. It wasn't the beer being swigged in the clubhouse by starting pitchers on days off during a few games . . . or the fried chicken. "There's a perception out there that we were up there getting hammered, and that wasn't the case," Lester told the Boston Globe . "Most of the times it was one beer, a beer.

Four years ago Sunday, Barry Bonds of the Giants, whom the Phillies are playing this weekend, became the all-time home run king. Match this list of players with their career home run total. Answers: C3. 1. Hank Aaron. 2. Barry Bonds. 3. Ken Griffey Jr. 4. Reggie Jackson. 5. Mickey Mantle. 6. Willie Mays. 7. Frank Robinson. 8. Babe Ruth. 9. Mike Schmidt.

MR. OCTOBER finally met Mr. November, and he was very impressed. Reggie Jackson, who cemented his legend by hitting .357 in 27 World Series games when the World Series used to be played in October, sought out Chase Utley before last night's game. He had to duck through Shane Victorino and around Carlos Ruiz, but he eventually caught up to the Phillies second baseman. The chat was brief, but eventually could be like those old pictures of Babe Ruth and Ted Williams standing together - give or take a few hundred homers.

Chase Utley sat at the podium last night before a roomful of reporters who wanted him to be a smiling hero. Instead, he looked like a kid who'd been sent to the corner. The Phillies second baseman is congenitally uncomfortable in the postgame spotlight. Even his manager is reluctant to praise him to the media because, as he admitted last night, Utley has asked him not to. "It's not my favorite part," Utley said of the attention. But during the game, when the spotlight glistens on that shiny red helmet and the goop in his slicked-back hair, he's quite at ease, thank you. The Phillies' No. 3 hitter banged two home runs last night for the second time in five games, and drove in four runs to power Philadelphia to an 8-6, season-saving Game 5 victory over the Yankees.

Reggie Jackson sold his name to a Web site offering casino games, but it also showed up on a second one that features gambling on sports, including baseball. Jackson's lawyers had approved the use of his name for the first site, but said yesterday they had no knowledge that it was being used to point to the sports gambling site as well. Major league baseball is investigating Jackson's involvement with Transworld Network SA WorldNet Casinos Inc., located in San Jose, Costa Rica, which operates the sites.

Suffice to say Mark McGwire is not too impressed with his latest milestone. Mark McGwire tied Reggie Jackson's record for most homers before the All-Star break, hitting No. 37 in St. Louis's 6-1 loss to the visiting Kansas City Royals last night as interleague play in baseball continued. After last night's games, the American League leads the National League, 99 to 97. McGwire hit a 472-foot, upper-deck shot off Glendon Rusch in the seventh inning against the Royals, who were playing in St. Louis for the first time since the 1985 World Series.

One is listed at 6-6 and 215 pounds, a lanky lefthanded hitter with a buggy-whip swing and a troubled history of drug abuse, tax evasion and domestic violence. The other is somewhat shorter and considerably wider at 6-3 and a speculated 275, a huggy-bear of a man with a glowing smile, untarnished personal background and a righthanded stroke that is as powerful as a tornado. Darryl Strawberry and burly Cecil Fielder would seem to have very little in common, except the ability to smash baseballs extraordinary distances.

Whenever Bensalem coach Sheldon Per introduced his players to young children this winter, he always told them that junior Ronnie Morris, who plays behind three-year starter Reggie Jackson, will be next year's starting point guard. "I just didn't know next year started at 7 o'clock tonight," Per said after his team posted a thrilling 65-56 overtime win against No. 23 seed West Chester East in the District 1 Class AAAA playoffs. With Jackson serving a one-game disciplinary suspension, Morris led the seventh-seeded Owls (18-7)

There might not be a worse place for a visiting point guard to make his varsity boys' basketball debut than Bristol. Forget the relentless, pressing defense that is the Warriors' trademark. The gym itself, filled with passionate fans, provides one of the area's most formidable home-court advantages. But it was there, in the middle of a losing game for a losing team, that Bensalem's Reggie Jackson saw his first action two years ago. He played as well as could be expected and became a starter shortly thereafter.

Reggie Jackson doesn't think that this is "his" team, but every season Bensalem seems to have one senior who takes charge. Jackson might not think it's his team yet, but after the Owls' 61-49 home win over Neshaminy Friday night, there are some indications. Jackson scored 19 points and keyed a defense that forced the Redskins into more turnovers (nine) than they had field-goal attempts (five) during the second period, when Bensalem took command of the Suburban One National Patriot Division game.