Billy Martin

It was George Steinbrenner, not Billy Martin, who dictated how Ken Holtzman should be used. Reggie Jackson knows bubkis (Yiddish for "nothing).

Winning trumps almost anything.Winning made arch-enemies Reggie Jackson and Thurman Munson bosom buddies. It did the same for Reggie Jackson and Billy Martin.

. Billy really was a student of the Civil War and he became quite animated as he discussed the Confederacy's tactical errors that cost them victory.

Billy Martin never minced words. He needled opponents with a fervor that has not been seen among ball players in many years.

Bumping into Billy Martin and Mickey Mantle at the bar was nothing compared to watching a taxi nearly crash into Martin's soon after. I didn't know it at the time, but I witnessed a prelude to Martin's death a few months later.

The Yankees and Dodgers repeated as pennant winners in 1953, and Billy Martin again was instrumental in the Yankees winning the World Series.

Mickey Mantle and Billy Martin were Yankees, but when Billy managed against them, Mickey wanted the Yankees to win and Billy to lose.

Billy Martin is considered by many to be one of the greatest field managers in the history of baseball. He managed 5 different teams and took 4 of them to the postseason.

Billy Martin was a hard nosed second baseman long before he became a great, but flawed, manager.

La Russa's confidence comes from his adaptation of the military system that he has internalized. His players viewed him as a winner who was the commander-in-chief of a War Room that involved planning, a clear battle plan and execution.

The New York Yankees and Kansas Royals split the first four games of the 1977 playoffs. The fifth and deciding game would be played in Kansas City on Sunday, Oct. 9.

A recap of Billy Martin's 11-year playing career.

Performance enhancing substances are used off the field, but their effects are produced on the field, which is why using them is considered reprehensible.