Archive for July, 2010
George Steinbrenner’s Impact on New York »
As a Boston Red Sox fan, I have never been fond of the New York Yankees Organization. Growing up in Buffalo, NY, I was surrounded by Yankees fans all the time. Before I even began to get interested in baseball, my good friend, Frank Bundy, brain washed me into becoming a Sox fan. I've always been sick of the Yankees winning. After all, the [...]
MLB Trade Rumors 2010: 10 Targets By Division Leaders »
As the second half of the MLB season begins, the top teams will undoubtedly be looking for potential additions to bolster their roster heading into the final stretch of the regular season and then the postseason. The New York Yankees currently have the best record in baseball at 56-32. The other division leaders in the American League are the [...]
Halftime Is Over: Predictions for the Second Half of »
The first half of the 2010 Major League Baseball season has provided us with dozens of web gems, a no-hitter, two official perfect games, a perfect game that will be scored as a one hitter courtesy of umpire Jim Joyce, the debut of Stephen Strasburg who has been dubbed the next superstar pitcher and has proven worthy of the hype he has received in [...]
New York Yankees: Top Five Replacements for the Great »
Well replacement might be a tough word, because no one is going to ever replace the supreme production supplied by Mariano Rivera. Replacing someone was as great as Rivera in their own line of work is the ultimate no-win situation. It rarely works out the same way, and no one usually remembers the replacements. Quick: Who replaced Lou Gehrig [...]
MLB Trade Rumors: Six Perfect Spots for Adam Dunn »
The trade rumors regarding Adam Dunn are beginning to heat up. Although Washington Nationals' general manager Mike Rizzo has steadfastly claimed that he will only trade Dunn if he receives the most exceptional of offers, ESPN's Buster Olney reports that Dunn is beginning to grow frustrated with the pace of negotiations on a contract [...]
Hail To the King (George Steinbrenner) »
He was larger than life, even in death. George Steinbrenner. King George. The Boss. Principal owner of the New York Yankees since 1973. He wore all of those hats and countless others, many of which the world never saw. Steinbrenner spent billions of dollars on the absolute best free agent players money could buy, and was revered for it in New [...]
New York Yankees Owner George Steinbrenner Passes Away »
Growing up in New York City, there were certain figures that were always identified with The Big Apple. Woody Allen, Donald Trump, Regis Philbin, and George Steinbrenner were iconic figures in New York, and names that I grew up with. Sadly for New York and baseball, one of its iconic figures passed away yesterday. George Steinbrenner, the owner of [...]
George Steinbrenner: Thoughts on a Baseball Icon »
The sports world was rocked yesterday morning as the news of the passing of New York Yankees long-time owner George Steinbrenner hit the air ways. Baseball lost an icon when Steinbrenner suffered a massive heart attack at his Tampa, Florida home on Tuesday morning. Yankees fans all across the country talked about their memories of the [...]
George Steinbrenner: Remembering ‘The »
Remembering "The Boss" (Joe Arrigo) George Steinbrenner was a polarizing figure. Two different authors could write two different books and it would be two different versions, but both would be right. Not to many people can have that effect, but Mr. Steinbrenner did. He just turned 80 on the 4th of July, but on July 13th, he passed away at [...]
George Steinbrenner Built the New York Yankees Empire »
ANAHEIM--The words are indescribable of the somber news that stunned all of baseball, unfortunately stealing the spotlight on the day of the All-Star Game. As the most sentimental death ceased the excitement, we lost arguably the craftiest businessman in sports, the savvy owner of the famous New York Yankees. We lost George Steinbrenner, a [...]