01968cam a2200325 i 4500 1164388707 TxAuBib 20150421120000.0 141006s2015||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2014039677 9780544022096 hbk. 0544022092 hbk. (OCoLC)885225364 DLC rda eng DLC IG# YDXCP BTCTA BDX OCLCF IK2 TxAuBib rda Pennington, Bill, 1956-, author. Billy Martin : baseball's flawed genius / Bill Pennington. Boston : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2015. xiii, 530 pages, 16 of unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Includes filmography (pages 516-517), bibliographical references (pages 511-516) and index. "Martin is a story of contrasts. He was the clutch second baseman for the dominant New York Yankees of the 1950s. He then spent sixteen seasons managing in the big leagues, and is considered ... to have been a true baseball genius, a field manager without peer. Yet he's remembered more for his habit of kicking dirt on umpires, for being hired and fired by George Steinbrenner five times, and for his rabble rousing and public brawls ... Pennington finally erases the caricature of Martin, drawing on exhaustive interviews with friends, family, teammates, and countless adversaries [and painting] an indelible portrait of a man who never backed down for the game he loved"-- Provided by publisher. 20150421. Martin, Billy 1928-1989. New York Yankees (Baseball team) History. Baseball managers New York (State) New York Biography. Baseball players New York (State) New York Biography. TXKIP