How many times was he fired by Steinbrener? "Billy Ball" gotta love it.

Martin was a day to day train-wreck starting from the moment he got in the league.

Bill James once said of him that if there was no baseball, Martin would be doing 20 to life.

Anything involving Billy Martin and Reggie Jackson was a blooper in the highlight reels. ... Think of June 1977 when the Yanks played at Fenway Park (national TV) when Billy pulled Reggie out of the game. ... Then think of 1978 against Kansas City when Reggie disobeyed Billy's orders by bunting with two strikes on him when he was supposed to swing away.

I still remember that one incident when he beat up a middle aged marshmallow salesman over if the Yankees were any good that year.