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Dodger Dough Doesn’t Stack Up to Yankee Dollar

Posted in Baseball, George M. Steinbrenner, MLB, Sports Business, Yankees, tagged on December 15, 2012 | Leave a 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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Tal Smith’s Ouster Ends Era in Houston Baseball; Was Part of Link Between Yanks and Astros

Posted in Baseball, Baseball History, George M. Steinbrenner, MLB, Yankees, tagged , , on November 28, 2011 | 1 Comment »

Jim Crane has begun his tenure as Houston Astros’ owner, and the franchise’s 50th year, by firing Tal Smith, a long-time baseball executive who had been with the team off and on since its inception. Although the more significant move was the dismissal of general manager Ed Wade, whose four years in Houston were punctuated by [...]

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