Arrogant and abrasive, Billy Martin was at his best under pressure ... and his inability to handle veteran players or young pitchers led to early dismissals. Besides managing the Minnesota ...

257-hitting second baseman for 11 seasons, Billy Martin won five division titles ... to handle veteran players or young pitchers led to early dismissals. Besides managing the Minnesota Twins ...

“It’s almost as if needs adversaries in his life.” The narrative arc of Billy Martin: Flawed Genius resembles ... John McGraw, in the early 1900s. Like a master chess player The Brat ...

I was standing next to him in the locker room in the early 80s when ... sixth time doing so. Billy Martin's tragic death at age 61 denied us more years of a spectacular life, career, and ...

Billy Martin`s last conversation was about his late mother, and about the Yankees. It was about the two things Martin cared most deeply about for much of his life, Bill Reedy says. It was about ...

On the late afternoon of that Dec. 25, a single-vehicle accident claimed the life ... Martin was born in 1928 in Berkely, California. To the world, though, he was better known by his nickname Billy.

Lolich early in the season had been roughed ... 2-1 in game five of the playoffs at Tiger Stadium. In his 2015 biography, "Billy Martin: Baseball’s Flawed Genius," author Bill Pennington ...