Can I read Billy Martin : Baseball's Flawed Genius on EtoBox?

Billy Martin : Baseball's Flawed Genius by Pennington, Bill is a biography available to read on EtoBox.

What is Billy Martin : Baseball's Flawed Genius about?

The Definitive Biography Of One Of Baseball's Most Celebrated, Mercurial, And Misunderstood Figures Billy 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 By Anyone Who Knows Baseball 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. He Was Combative, Fiery, Intimidating, And Controversial, Yet Beloved By The Everyday Fan. He Was Hard On His Players And Even Harder On Himself. He Knew How To Turn Around A Losing Team Like No One Else--and How To Entertain Us Every Step Of The Way. Now, With His Definitive Biography Billy Martin, Pennington Finally Erases The Caricature Of Martin. Drawing On Exhaustive Interviews With Friends, Family, Teammates, And Countless Adversaries, Pennington Paints An Indelible Portrait Of A Man Who Never Backed Down For The Game He Loved. From His Shantytown Upbringing In A Broken Home; To His Days Playing For The Yankees When He A

Who reads Billy Martin : Baseball's Flawed Genius?

Author

Pennington, Bill

Publisher

Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Trade & Reference Publishers

Published

2015

Language

EN

ISBN

9780544022942

Category

biography

Subjects

Memoir, Sports, Anthropology

Rating

4.3 / 5 (297 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14