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eventful but tragic career of Billy Martin

Every Friday I’ve been releasing ‘A Brief History’ podcast about the Yankees. It started as a way to stay sane during quarantine, but evolved into something that I look forward to researching each week.

On this week’s episode I talked about the . Billy was known for being a clutch and gritty player and earned the reputation as a “franchise fixer” as a manager, even though he was fired from every job he had.

The Yankees parted ways with Billy multiple times as a manager and once as a player, in 1957.

The Bronx in Billy

Alfred Manuel Martin Jr.