Number 1 Author:Billy Martin & Peter Golenbock "Number 1 is the story of my life", Billy Martin writes in the preface. He is a man with an indomitable will, and his life is one of battling, gut-wrenching humor, and heartache. "Number 1" will be one of the most discussed, outrageously entertaining and revealing books of the year. — Billy Martin was a "small child with a large nose" raised in a... more » rough lower-middle-class neighborhood in West Berkeley, California.He became a coordinated athlete with a penchant for fighting. This book is about why he got into all those fights, why he has become the most controversial baseball player and manager in the history of the game, and why he was the fiery catalyst that enabled every team he has played on or managed to become a winner. The Yankees primarily, but also Minnesota, Detroit, and Texas. He helped to lead the Yankees to pennant championships in 1950, '51,'52,'53(in 1954 he was in the army and the Yankees lost the pennant), '55, '56,and in 1957, he was traded after a lively brawl at the Copacabana.« less