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Hot Stove History: A Look at the Best and Worst Moves the Yankees Didn’t Make

Posted in Baseball, Baseball History, Brian Cashman, George M. Steinbrenner, Hot Stove, MLB, Robinson Cano, Yankee History, Yankees on December 16, 2013 | Leave a Comment »

The following post was originally published at Bronx Banter. Sometimes, the best trades or free agent signings are the ones a team doesn’t make. Many Yankee fans seem to feel that way about the team’s decision to let Robinson Cano head west to Seattle. Is that wishful thinking? Perhaps, but considering the team’s eager willingness […]

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MLB Tactics in Biogenesis Case Raise Old Question, Hark Back to Steinbrenner/Winfield Saga

Posted in Alex Rodriguez, Arod, Baseball, Baseball History, George M. Steinbrenner, MLB, PEDs, Yankee History, Yankees on August 7, 2013 | 1 Comment »

One of the most prominent figures in all of sports, whose controversial tenure with the Yankees kept the tabloids in business, was given an unprecedented suspension from an overzealous commissioner who grossly overstepped his authority in handing down the ban. Although that neatly sums up the ongoing Alex Rodriguez saga, it could just as easily […]

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Who’s Sorry Now? Apologies Excepted as Dodgers Return to the Bronx

Posted in Baseball, Baseball History, Don Mattingly, George M. Steinbrenner, Hal Steinbrenner, MLB, World Series, Yankee History, Yankee Stadium, Yankees on June 18, 2013 | Leave a Comment »

(The following was originally published at SB*Nation’s Pinstriped Bible) The last time the Los Angeles Dodgers visited Yankee Stadium, their road grays were soaked with champagne. After losing the first two games of the 1981 World Series, the Dodgers swept the next four, including the series finale in the Bronx. It was the end of an […]

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Mayor Koch Did Fine by Yankee Fans, Though Team Didn’t Do Well Under Him

Posted in Baseball, George M. Steinbrenner, MLB, Yankees, tagged on February 1, 2013 | Leave a Comment »

George M. Steinbrenner and Edward I. Koch were the two bosses of New York during the 1980s: one controlled the city and the other its beloved baseball team. Although their backgrounds were very different – Koch was a Bronx born son of immigrant Jews, while Steinbrenner descended from a long line of blue-blood Cleveland patricians […]

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Dodger Dough Doesn’t Stack Up to Yankee Dollar

Posted in Baseball, Business and Finance, George M. Steinbrenner, MLB, Yankees, tagged on December 15, 2012 | 1 Comment »

(The following was originally published at SB*Nation’s Pinstriped Bible) If George Steinbrenner were alive today, no one would be talking about how much money the Los Angeles Dodgers are spending. A popular meme surrounding the Yankees revolves around comparing how the team is being operated now to the modus operandi that prevailed under the Boss. Usually, […]

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Show Me the Money: A Chronological History of Baseball’s Best Paid Players

Posted in Alex Rodriguez, Arod, Baseball, George M. Steinbrenner, MLB, Red Sox, Yankees, tagged , , , on January 27, 2012 | 4 Comments »

(The following was originally published at Bronx Banter) Alex Rodriguez stood alone as baseball’s only $200 million man for a decade, but now he has company. In the last six weeks, the fraternity has tripled with the addition of Albert Pujols and Prince Fielder. However, Arod still remains firmly planted atop baseball’s all-time salary totem […]

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Considering Kuroda; Remembering Ed Whitson

Posted in Baseball, George M. Steinbrenner, MLB, Yankees, tagged , , , on December 27, 2011 | 2 Comments »

Regarding Hiroki Kuroda, and with apologies to Winston Churchill, never before have so many written so much about a pitcher whose accomplishments are so few. As the offseason has dragged on without a big move by the Yankees, fans of the team have grown increasingly impatient, and Kuroda has become their cause célèbre. In his […]

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