Bibliograph

Billy Martin, baseball's flawed genius, Bill Pennington

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Billy Martin, baseball's flawed genius, Bill Pennington

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes filmography (pages 516-517), bibliographical references (pages 511-516) and index

resource.biographical

individual biography

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Billy Martin

Nature of contents

bibliographyfilmographies

Oclc number

885225364

Responsibility statement

Bill Pennington

Sub title

baseball's flawed genius

Summary

"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

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