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Beane Ball
Billy Beane has stated that not winning a division series does is not a sore spot for him. Contrast this with George Steinbrenner's philosophy.
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Hall Hierarchy Starting to Get it
A word about the abandonment of the Baseball Hall of Fame Veterans Committee as we knew it.
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Mommy, I Want My Yankees
Cablevision and the YES Network have not reached an agreement with respect to Cablevision carrying the YES network and 130 Yankees games. Both Cablevision and the YES network are wrong.
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No Pitching?
The New York Yankees won their first pennant in 1921 and last won the World Series in 2000. While the Yankees have had many outstanding pitchers, almost all of the greatest of the great pitched elsewhere. Despite that fact, the Yankees may be the team whose pitching has been the best and most consistent of the modern era.
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Now is NOT the Time
The Yankees should emulate some of the things the Minnesota Twins have done and then George Steinbrenner might be happier.
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Roger's Return
New York, July 30, 2004. The New York Yankees announced today that they had pulled off a blockbuster trade with the Houston Astros, acquiring centerfielder Carlos Beltran and right-handed pitcher Roger Clemens for centerfielder Kenny Lofton, left-handed pitcher Alex Graman and prospects Robinson Cano and Dioner Navarro.
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What About the Other Guy?
It was just a wedding in June, that’s all that it was, but oh what it seemed to be. It was just trading Alfonso Soriano for Alex Rodriguez in February, that’s all that it was, but oh what it really might be (2).
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Why the Bullets Are No More
How can anyone think that the media and our society condone violence? After all, the basketball team that represents our nation’s capital was changed from the BULLETS to the Wizards. We can all sit back and stop worrying.
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Better Start Buckling Down
The Yankees have had difficulty winning games this spring, even if they are only exhibition games, but today was different, at least for George Steinbrenner. One day before the game against the Mets, the Yankees’ owner said that “We’re at the point where Billy better start buckling down on them or we won’t repeat.”
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Billionaire Saviours
My Magic 8-ball's solution to small-market problems in baseball.
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Catfish, Diabetes, and Gullett's Shoulder
It was revealed that Jim "Catfish" Hunter has diabetes and that Don Gullett is still bothered by a sore shoulder. While it is early in spring training, the Yankees' starting rotation is starting to become questionable.
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Changed Forever
Justice Harry Blackmun wrote that “The long standing exemption of baseball from the antitrust laws is an established aberration.” The Court concluded that since an error was made, it had to be perpetuated. What arrogant rubbish.
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Escalation or Sign Him Before They Do
The Yankees and Red Sox are involved in an insane game of one upmanship. Neither team knows how to build a winning TEAM.
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George in Charge
When he left, Gabe Paul was replaced by two individuals, Cedric Tallis and Al Rosen. When asked whether Tallis or Rosen would be in charge, Paul, not one to pull punches, answered that George would be in charge.
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Koufax? Not Quite
Holtzman was thirty years old when he joined the Yankees, but Steinbrenner has little patience with what he construes as failure and when Holtzman didn’t adjust to his new surroundings immediately, he was sent to the bullpen. Holtzman blasted the Yankees and was never an effective pitcher again.
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Lyle Speaks
George Steinbrenner, who was at the game, was instrumental in the Yankees obtaining Gossage and Eastwick. The fact that the Lyle won the American League Cy Young Award last season and was a major reason that the Yankees became World Champions did not deter the Yankees’ owner from adding two top relief pitchers.
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MVP
New York, December 1, 2006. New York Yankees’ rookie sensation, Iget KlutcHits, has been voted the American League’s Most Valuable Player AND Rookie of the Year for the 2006 season despite having only 61 official plate appearances. The Base Ball Writers Association of America (BBWAA), in the closest vote ever for MVP, elected KlutcHits over Jason Giambi, a decision that is certain to foment great controversy.
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Not So Bad?
The third baseman is a shortstop, the leftfielder is a second baseman, the centerfielder is a left fielder, the first baseman is cheered because he lost some weight and alleges he will now be a good boy, and the starting pitchers are old and ineffective. The setup man throws up before playoff games, and there is no bench.
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Reggie Arrives
The New York Yankees' 1978 season was one of THE most memorable in the team's history. <B>This is the first in a series of articles about that season.</B>
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Runaway Baseball Team
All’s well that ends well, or at least that seems to be the case. In one of the most bizarre incidents ever in American sports, the AWOL New York Yankees American League Baseball Club has been found safe and sound in New Mexico.
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Sam
Sam sat down as Mariano Rivera entered the game even though it wasn’t a save situation. After Bernie retired and Posada was sent to Arizona as part of the package that brought Randy Johnson to New York, only Rivera and Jeter remained from the last championship team. Rivera retired four straight batters to preserve the win.
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The Best Martinez in New York
At least one thing is right. The greatest player named “Martinez” to ever play in New York is back. Tino will play first base for the Yankees.
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Waldman to be the Fifth Starter?
In a stunning move that shocked the sports world, New York Yankees owner George Steinbrenner announced that former YES sportsperson Suzyn Waldman had been signed as a free agent pitcher to replace the departed Jon Leiber. Waldman, who was the first non male full time sportsperson for the Mets propaganda arm, WFAN, will become the Yankees number five starter in a rotation that is in urgent need of overhauling.
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We Have Met the Enemy and He Has Become Us
George Steinbrenner would serve the Yankees best by allowing those who can evaluate players and understand how winning teams are put together make the decisions. The Yankees have too many needs to fill in one off season. Steinbrenner must give those who can produce a winner enough time and autonomy to do so. Right.
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We Lost a Few
There are some things that they don't want us to know or want us to forget, not that those of us who really care ever could. The Yankees have lost more World Series than any other franchise in baseball history.
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What Would George Have Done?
What would George Steinbrenner have done if he were the Yankees owner in 1951? Well, it is interesting to speculate based upon past performance.
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Baseball Managers on the Hot Seat
A month of baseball is in the books and some managers are already on the hot seat. A look at four teams not living up to expectations.
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Baseball Spring Training Overview
Who will win the American Legaue Central Division title? Which heavy hitters will play? Who will move to a new team? ...and other interesting questions.
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Bernie Williams and His Yankees
It hurts me to get on people. I don't like to get on people, because I don't want them to get on me." Bernie Williams
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If You Pick Belle, You're Fired
Albert Belle was one of the most feared athletes, both on and off the field. He had some great seasons, most of which were certainly offensive.
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Joe Torre's Yankee Manager Career
When he was hired to manage the Yankees in 1996, no one could have predicted that Joe Torre would enjoy such longevity and success as skipper of the Bronx Zoo.
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Players Signed Because of Torre
From the early 1980s until the mid-1990s, players didn't want to play for George Steinbrenner. Joe Torre turned that completely around.
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Roger Clemens is a Yankee
Roger Clemens is pushing 45 years old but shows no signs of slowing down. At least that is what the Yankees, who just gave him a fortune to pitch for them, are hoping
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Sheffield, Cox, Leyland, and Torre
Bobby Cox praised Gary Sheffield in 2003, and Jim Leyland called him one of the ultimate people in baseball this past offseason.
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The Not So Modest Yankees
After the Yankees won Game 4 in 1938, Joe McCarthy said, "The best club won. We had everything. We are the greatest ball club ever assembled.
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Why Hasn't Torre Been Fired?
The Yankees have lost in the playoffs or World Series every season since 2001. Losing means not winning.
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A Miracle?
If their four victories against the Yankees occurred in any other sequence in the best of seven series, the miracle would have been that the Red Sox won the World Series, not that they won a playoff series, but because they won the final four games against the Yankees after losing the first three, it became a miracle.
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Alex Rodriguez: The 25-Million Dollar Man
Now that Alex Rodriguez has agreed to play baseball for no less than 25.2 million dollars per year, can Armageddon be far behind?
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DEAL ON THE DIAMOND : ALL YOU NEED IS THE CALZONE
<img src="/files/mysites/theycallmethecloser/yankees%20logo.bmp"><br> Tale of the tape : In one corner is the most feared owner in sports history...George "THE BOSS" Steinbrenner. In the other corner, Tony Soprano's stunt double, future Hall of Fame manager...Joe Torre. In the center of the ring...a calzone?
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George Loves Young Players
“I get as almost as much of a thrill out of seeing young kids coming along as I do winning the World Series.” George Steinbrenner, March, 1978.
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It's All About Money
A FAN'S loyalty to his team is analogous to a patriot’s loyalty to his country. A PLAYER'S loyalty to a team is analogous to a mercenary’s loyalty to the country for which he is fighting.
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M's Overboard?
The Mariners are dominating this regular season, but the playoffs are a whole different ball game.
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Short-Lived Happiness
Rawly Eastwick, whom the Yankees signed as a free agent to a five year deal for $1.1 million, told reporters “I’ve never been happier in my life. It’s been a wonderful experience. Everything’s been fabulous. There is no aspect of this spring that I haven’t enjoyed.”
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The Senator Is Upset
A luxury box for one game of the first playoff round (euphemistically referred to as the Division Series) has a price tag of $17,500, for the second playoff round (the League Championship Series) a cost of $25,000, and for the World Series a cost of $50,000 for a grand total of $92,500. Do you think that if you go to a playoff game, you’ll see your junior high school teacher in one of the luxury boxes?
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Vicious and Fear
Gossage’s new teammates said that his stuff was “vicious.” The man who hit three home runs his last three at bats in last year’s World Series and is known to fear no mortal, not even George Steinbrenner, said that “He puts fear in hitters. Hitters just fear him physically.”
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