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...and won two games in the 1948 World Series -- the last time the Indians were champions. Two years later, Lemon, who also managed for Kansas City and the Chicago White Sox, took over the Yankees at midseason when Billy Martin resigned.
...catcher and calmly counseled him. "That won't happen again, will it?" one future Yankees manager said to another. Billy Martin had made his point. Torre appreciated the advice and how his mentor had delivered it. Two lessons learned, one about...
...always doing things like that. But what can you do?" Shades of Rod Carew It was a fearless play, seldom seen since Billy Martin managed the 1969 Twins when Rod Carew stole home seven times. With Thursday's Class AA quarterfinal game against...
...good barometers for me.'' As he approaches his 60th birthday, with as many World Series triumphs as Whitey Herzog, Billy Martin and Earl Weaver combined, Torre has become baseball's symbol of sane, mature leadership. When he tips his hat forward...
...about heirs to the tradition. The Yanks tried to buy the whole free-agent pool, fought among themselves and fired Billy Martin five times. What a traveling psychiatric ward. Though that team had some of my favorite individual players, the whole...
...Suspended DE Tyler Brayton indefinitely after a fight with another player during practice Sunday. DELAWARE--Named Billy Martin, Josh Oppenheimer and Tyrone Perry men's assistant basketball coaches. GEORGIA--Suspended WR Michael Greer for...
...The Levys -- Dr. Robert, Susan, and 21-year-old son Adam -- were flanked by their Washington attorney, Billy Martin, and one of his assistants. The Levy men were then handed black yarmulkes, and as the family entered the large hall...
...3-foot, 7-inch, midget drawing a walk in his only appearance for Bill Veeck's St. Louis Browns in 1951. --Billy Martin, celebrating teammate Mickey Mantle's birthday in 1957, getting into a brawl at the Copacabana nightclub with a...
...select up to 10 names from each list, and those who garner 75 percent or more of the votes are inducted to the Hall. Results will be announced Feb. 26. Former Twins manager Billy Martin and pitcher Mike Marshall are also on the ballot.
...Americans relied on it to beat the British. The Greeks used it on the Trojans. The late New York Yankees manager, Billy Martin, used it on a marshmallow salesman. The element of surprise, whether it comes in the form of militia jumping out...