Billy Ball: Billy Martin And The Resurrection Of The Oakland A'S

Lyons Press
SKU: 9781493071197
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There was no more polarizing manager in baseball than the hot-tempered, hard-drinking, risk-taking Billy Martin. During a time of economic uncertainty and waning baseball interest in Oakland, Billy Ball filled the stands, rejuvenated fans, and saved professional baseball in the city. Based largely on interviews with former players, team executives,...
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There was no more polarizing manager in baseball than the hot-tempered, hard-drinking, risk-taking Billy Martin. During a time of economic uncertainty and waning baseball interest in Oakland, Billy Ball filled the stands, rejuvenated fans, and saved professional baseball in the city. Based largely on interviews with former players, team executives, and journalists, Billy Ball captures Martin's homecoming to the Bay area in 1980, his immediate embrace by Oakland fans, and the A's return to playoff baseball.


  • | Author: Dale Tafoya
  • | Publisher: Lyons Press
  • | Publication Date: Mar 01, 2023
  • | Number of Pages: 264 pages
  • | Language: English
  • | Binding: Paperback
  • | ISBN-10: 149307119X
  • | ISBN-13: 9781493071197

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