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Torre lost a ton of goodwill when he wrote that book. So far, replacement is doing a bang up job and yanks look tough now.
WOOT! i found a dollar bill on my building lobby’s floor just now!
*rob*
Lechacal,
I read an article somewhere summarizing a psychological study which said that 2/3 of all kids studied are terrified of clowns.
I may be wrong but I think that baseball classissts would consider Steinbrenner as a major catalyst in the movement of baseball away from the old farm system into the free-agency era.
Many would say it was a movement in the wrong direction.
Benson, I always like your perspective, but Steinbrenner had a stick in Torre’s eye the whole time he was there and I think that Torre was a real class act. In the end, the contract he was offered was designed to insult him, but in Steinbrenner’s defense, it was his sons who did that ( I think he was pretty out of it by then with the strokes). Yeah, he whined a little, but Torre gave so much to the Yankees.
Thanks guys, I’ll email Mr. B today.
Steinbrenner was sick for a while. Couldn’t even move lately so had to drive around in his golf cart most of the time. Dude knew how to own a team. Biggest franchise and all.
I 2/3 agree with m4l. Sometimes he over-interfered with the talented people he hired, and sometimes sacrificed the long term in the pursuit of splashy but ill-fitting signings. Those were some lean years in the mid-80s-early 90s, although not that many compared to some cough sox cough teams.
kens, I like your lobby blog idea.
lechacal,
there’s an awesome book by Heinrich Boll,
the German Author, titled The Clown.
Clowns have a long and rich history in
society and everyone knows it’s the
hardest thing to make people laugh.
In Franken’s case, however,
he’s not even funny.
Steinbrenner bought the NYY for under $20 million, I think it was around $12M. The franchise is worth over $1.2B now. ‘Nuff said.