1989 - Billy Martin dies in a car accident in Johnson ... Yomiuri Giants making him the highest paid player in Nippon Pro Baseball History. 2019 - The White Sox sign Edwin Encarnacion to a one ...

Arrogant and abrasive, Billy Martin was at his best under pressure - on the field. But in the clubhouse or in a bar, he became baseball's poster boy for self-destruction. A .257-hitting second ...

Jim Piersall of the Red Sox had the sharper tongue. But the Yankees’ Billy Martin had harder punches. Baseball fans who saw Piersall give the Yanks’ second baseman a terrific “riding” from ...

257-hitting second baseman for 11 seasons, Billy Martin won five division titles ... he found an outlet for his aggressiveness in baseball, which he started playing on the sandlot at nine.