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Billy Martin, proud feisty son of Oakland.

I think DiMaggio was still a Yankee in 1951.

Gil McDougald?

Frankie Crosetti was the coach, I think. Or Tony Lazzeri.

I'll say the high schools were Lowell, Tech, Galileo, St. Ignatius, Riordan and Sacred Heart. And California.

Yikes.  Billy Martin was a native son of West Berkeley (the west side of San Pablo Av.)   He graduated from Berkeley High.

What bar did Billy Martin spend most afternoons drinking with the manager during the 1981 strike?

The Kings X on Piedmont? 
The Hotsy Totsy Club on San Pablo?
Maybe my favorite hangout after work in the late 70’s - The NoName Bar on Broadway

All good guesses, but no. He wasn't living in Berkeley or Oakland at the time. Hint, the attached restaurant was well known for its "Early California Cuisine".

The Danville Hotel Restaurant and Saloon. Of course there was no hotel there. . . .

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Billy Martin, proud feisty son of Oakland.

I think DiMaggio was still a Yankee in 1951.

Gil McDougald?

Frankie Crosetti was the coach, I think. Or Tony Lazzeri.

I'll say the high schools were Lowell, Tech, Galileo, St. Ignatius, Riordan and Sacred Heart. And California.

Yikes.  Billy Martin was a native son of West Berkeley (the west side of San Pablo Av.)   He graduated from Berkeley High.

What bar did Billy Martin spend most afternoons drinking with the manager during the 1981 strike?

The Kings X on Piedmont? 
The Hotsy Totsy Club on San Pablo?
Maybe my favorite hangout after work in the late 70’s - The NoName Bar on Broadway

All good guesses, but no. He wasn't living in Berkeley or Oakland at the time. Hint, the attached restaurant was well known for its "Early California Cuisine".

The Danville Hotel Restaurant and Saloon. Of course there was no hotel there. . . .