When news broke out that Yankees' owner George Steinbrenner had passed Tuesday morning, I predictably got a few texts from friends asking if I was planning on writing about “The Boss.” At first I hesitated; too much had happened before I was even born. I had never met him in person. What perspective could I possibly give, that a million other writers couldn’t? Then I really started to think about George. I thought about the way he ran his organization with the ...
The All-Star game was last night and the Yankees played a big role in the American League’s loss to the National League 3-1.
Here are some notes:
Robinson Cano drove in the AL’s only run with a sac fly.
Phil Hughes got the loss.
Joe Girardi managed like it was March as he left the game’s slowest runner to get thrown out at second on a base hit in the 9th inning.
Alex Rodriguez did not play.
The Yankees wore a couple of patches in honor of George Steinbrenner and Bob ...
The nuns who came equipped with long oak pointers and steel edged rulers used to say that you must always speak well of the recently deceased.
In fear that one of them might come back from the dead and reinforce their point, I left this column sitting on my computer for 24 hours.
That’s long enough.
There are many tears being shed in New York and Tampa over the death of George Steinbrenner on Tuesday morning.
Some of those tears are well-placed.
There are facets of a man’s life that are never made public until ...
It is consistent with George Steinbrenner and Bob Sheppard. The New York Yankees have announced that their players' uniforms will have commemorative patches honoring the memories of owner George Steinbrenner and public address announcer Bob Sheppard. Professor Sheppard's commemorative patch will be placed on the left sleeve of the team's home and away uniforms. Mr. Steinbrenner's patch will be placed above the interlocking "NY" on the left breast of the players' home uniforms and above "YORK" on ...
George Steinbrenner owns the back pages of New York's tabloids one last time today, the day after his passing at the age of 80.
Steinbrenner helped restore the Yankees to status as baseball's marquee team in his 37-year run as owner. His mercurial nature made him both a feared and respected presence and an easy target for lampooning. Above all, he was unforgettable, the most famous owner in the history of American professional sports.
On a sad day in Yankee history, we take a look back at the 10 greatest feuds in ...
With the passing of senior owner George Steinbrenner yesterday, the ownership of the Yankees fell into new hands, George's sons Hank and Hal Steinbrenner.
Thus the Steinbrenner dynasty continues.
During 2007, George had given his two sons more active roles within the organization, something he called "bringing the young elephants into the tent".
Hank was dubbed "Baby Boss" by the New York media for his flamboyant remarks about the team, which reminded everybody of his father, Big Stein.
Hal on the other hand, had a quiet and reserved personality, but apparently he was a better executive, because ...
Thousands of stories are floating around the Internet about George Steinbrenner's recent passing, and an opinion piece on my website , www.GuysNation.com, offers the view that while George Steinbrenner is being mourned by millions of Yankees fans, not everyone will shed a tear that he's gone.
The premise of the article is that George Steinbrenner is a polarizing figure, as are the New York Yankees, with whom he will always be linked, and that even with his death, not everyone has to feel sad that he's gone or even feel that ...
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 Yankees 2010 payroll is over $206 million, so shouldn't they be winning the World Series every year? That's over $40 million more than any ...
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 surging Chicago White Sox and the Texas Rangers, who already added a quality piece in Cliff Lee.
In the National League, the Atlanta Braves lead in the East, while the San Diego Padres and ...
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 the infancy of his career, and some shocking division front-runners.
I think it’s safe to say that if the second half can match or even somehow top ...