Four books to consider at Christmastime …
Editor’s note: In the spirit of giving, I will be giving away my copies of Rickey: The Life and Legend of an American Original, Together — The Amazing Story of Carolina Basketball’s 2021-22 Season, and The Basketball Maniac’s Almanac.
On Billy Martin’s short, steamy stint in the Bay Area
(Fourth in a series of reviews of sports books)
Old-time baseball fans will recall Martin — a middling infielder during his playing days — as a feisty, controversial manager who was hired and fired five times by owner George Steinbrenner with the New York Yankees.