And nothing against Lou Piniella, who I loved as my hitting coach, and as a player when I first got over there, but his first year of managing he was Billy Martin reincarnated. It just got to the point where I said, 'I'm fed up with this.' 
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Quotes about Billy Martin
A few Billy Mann-produced ballads suggest she could've had an old-school singer-songwriter career. But Pink's true gift is as a musical androgynist—blurring the line between rocker and pop star, or between mourner and celebrant, as encouraged most of all by Max Martin (the ex-Britney Svengali behind Pink hits like 'U + Ur Hand
was said
in Idolator
I don’t think you need Billy Martin to come into the courtroom and dazzle the jury about that
was said
in The Hill
Quotes from articles mentioning Billy Martin
I really enjoy coaching ... I really enjoy being on the field and working with the guys, and I think that's what I was destined to be. I just think I was made to coach, not manage.
said Dave McKay
in MLB.com
We had five rookies on that team, and we had five released players, including Scott Spiezio, Preston Wilson, Jeff Weaver, Josh Hancock, Jorge Sosa and Jose Vizcaino ... So to walk into that locker room and see all of these guys soaked in champagne, wrapped around a World Championship trophy, when just less than a month or so ago some of them had their hearts ripped out of their chests telling them they were released, was special.
was said
in MLB.com
Obviously the World Series we won in Oakland in 1989 was the first time, and that was really exciting ... We kind of redeemed ourselves for the year before when we got beat by the Dodgers.
said Dave McKay
in MLB.com
Tony gives everything to the game of baseball ... He's just always thinking about the team, the team he's playing against, the team he's going to be playing against next week. He's always ahead of everybody else.
was said
in MLB.com
A lot of people don't like Billy and a lot of people loved Billy ... It seems like there's no in between. I'm one of the guys that really liked him. Billy would be hard on people if you didn't play the game right or if you didn't play the game hard. Those were two areas that I never had a problem with.
said Dave McKay
in MLB.com
It was a really, really cold day ... It was probably the coldest day I've ever played on. We had snow the night before and that morning they had to take the snow off the field. Everybody thought there was absolutely zero percent chance of playing, but they just said that this is such a big game that they wanted to play it.
was said
in MLB.com
I had so much respect for my older brother that it would upset me if he was disappointed in what I was doing ... He was really helpful and kept me focused. And it got to the point where my work ethic is probably what has kept me around for so long as a coach. I just became the guy that worked harder than everyone else.
was said
in MLB.com
