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Damn Yankees
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field. But to O’Malley, a crafty man with vision, he saw in Milwaukee a market with hungry fans, a modern ballpark with lots of parking and new forms of revenue streams, little of which he could offer at aging, congested Ebbets Field. O’Malley sensed, in this off the field battle, that he ultimately could beat the Braves at their own game.
He just wasn’t sure he could do it in Brooklyn.
Billy Martin batted .500, going 12 for 24, with 8 RBI’s and 2 HR’s. Yankees second baseman Billy Martin, who would hit .333 with five home runs in 28 career World Series Games, had his best Fall Classic performance in 1953.