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Billy Martin never won a World Series during his three mercurial seasons as Oakland Athletics manager. But his homecoming 40 years ago helped revive a pathetically cheap and disrespected franchise ...
Billy Martin, who was one of the most influential men in the history of the A’s franchise in Oakland, was born on this day in 1928. We wrote about Martin weeks ago just after East Bay author ...
Oakland Athletics manager BIlly Martin argues with umpire Jim Evans as he pushes catcher Mike Heath aside after Chicago's Carlton Fisk was hit by a pitch in the fourth inning at the Oakland ...
Mickey Morabito has been Oakland A’s man with the travel plan for 43 years Brought over from the Yankees by Billy Martin, Morabito is MLB’s longest-serving director or travel by a whopping 15 ...
From the archives: How Oakland A’s legend Rickey Henderson was molded by ‘Billy Ball’ Former A’s manager Billy Martin was able to take ‘this raw talent and kind of mold it into maximum ...
Mickey Morabito’s career with the Oakland Athletics started with a phone call from Billy Martin, a rejection by George Steinbrenner and the first of countless nights at the Pink Pony. But no ...
MLB History 1940 - South Side Park, the first home of the Chicago White Sox, burns down. 1989 - Billy Martin dies in a car accident in Johnson City, New York at the age of 61. Martin was a former ...
Billy Martin spent time as a manager for several clubs, including the Minnesota Twins, Detroit Tigers, Texas Rangers, Oakland Athletics and the New York Yankees.
1928: Somewhere in Berkeley, California, a bouncing baby boy is born. It was probably a loud, cantankerous baby boy. His name was Billy Martin.
Mickey Morabito, still a team official with the Oakland A's and such a Martin loyalist that he gave up a Yankees gig to join Billy with the A's, was asked this week about Howard's presence in ...