Love him or hate, George Steinbrenner had made a lot of mistakes in his ownership of the New York Yankees. But the one thing he got right, and he got it really right, is that a good owner needs to let the fans know he is one of them.
If you met him, you couldn’t mistake [...]
Johanna's View
There was much talk yesterday about how the Hall of Fame is changing its rules for electing both officials and those players that did not get in via election from the baseball writers. Those not elected will be grouped by era: 1871-1946, 1947-1972, and 1973- present. Its easy to see why these era’s were created- [...]
Just a quick link to a nice Ron Blum piece with some great quotes from players. I have been reminded a lot in the last few days about the cruelty of George Steinbrenner in the first 15 years of his ownership- and he was cruel. But in the end, he softened and the good outweighed [...]
Joe Posnanski always gets right to the crux of the matter on just about everything- and George Steinbrenner is absolutely no exception. A brilliant take on the man, not matter what you thought.
Loved the cheers that Torii Hunter got, hated the boos the rest of the AL squad got. I mean, aren’t they there to cheer on the AL Team? The contrast between Hunter though and Alex Rodriguez was marked, but Ridriguez seemed to take it all in stride. The crowd responded though when Vlad Guerrero was [...]
