His best season was 1953 when he batted .257 and knocked in 75 runs, Here clowning with Reggie Jackson, Billy Martin excelled as a player in the World Series, batting .333. Martin also managed the ...

Reggie Jackson, who hit 563 homers and earned the ... Most noteworthy were his problems with New York Yankees manager Billy Martin. Though he batted .300 only once in his 21-year career, Jackson ...

The Yankees are in the Fall Classic for the first time since Hal Steinbrenner inherited the team from his famous father.

The Yankees, meantime, were skippered by Billy Martin, the World Series hero ... athwart power" pitcher-hitter encounters of all. Reggie Jackson, the dominating presence in the '77 World Series ...

A shrinking pastime gets a noisy marquee matchup of superstars and love-to-hate coastal cities. Is it enough to get all of ...

Reggie Jackson receives congratulations from Billy Martin after his third consecutive home run during Game 6 of the 1977 World Series. (Getty Images) There’s no shortage of storylines in this ...

Yankees slugger Reggie Jackson (44) is greeted by manager Billy Martin and his teammates in the dugout after he scored a run in the first inning in Game 3 of the World Series against the Los ...

In the beginning, the World Series matchup of the Dodgers against the Yankees was a kind of charming intra-city showdown of ...

Let’s look at the best of the best from the Yankees in their deep World Series history against the Dodgers: Reggie gets in ... second straight title. Billy Martin’s walk-off single in game ...

On Oct. 18, 1977, Reggie Jackson hit three home runs in Game ... squabbling with his own team (such as Charlie Finley, Billy Martin, George Steinbrenner) only added to the persona.

The Dodgers outhit New York in Game 2, and held a 2-1 lead entering the bottom of the seventh, but Billy Martin tied ... that cemented the legend of Reggie Jackson, when he homered off of Burt ...

“Mr. October’’ was crowned as Reggie Jackson blasted three home runs ... fifth world championship over the last six years. Billy Martin, a .333 hitter in five Yankees’ World Series ...