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 ...

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 ...

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 ...