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George Steinbrenner has been the principal owner of the New York Yankees baseball team since 1973. The Boss is best known for his enthusiastic, sometimes abrasive proclamations and his feuds with Billy Martin and Yogi Berra. His sons, Hank Steinbrenner and Hal Steinbrenner, are also prominent ownership figures with the Yankees.
George Steinbrenner has been the principal owner of the New York Yankees baseball team since 1973. The Boss is best known for his enthusiastic, sometimes abrasive proclamations and his feuds with Billy Martin and Yogi Berra. His sons, Hank Steinbrenner and Hal Steinbrenner, are also prominent ownership figures with the Yankees.
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If sold, how much would Yankees fetch?
Upward to $3 billion Steve Gould Baltimore Sun An awful lot of money. We're talking way more than any American sports team has been sold for before. Forbes valued the Yankees at $1.85 billion in March, and the general belief among experts and analysts...Tags: Frank McCourt, Chicago Tribune, Los Angeles Dodgers, CBS Corp., Phil Rogers
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Ex-O's GM Hemond honored with O'Neil Award at Cooperstown
Roland Hemond never worked for George Steinbrenner, Walter O'Malley or Gussie Busch. He was never given unlimited resources to work with, but made up for it with a limitless imagination.
Competing with less became one of his specialties.
"Actually,...Tags: Earl Weaver, Bill Veeck, Athletes, Philadelphia Phillies, Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim
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New York Yankees shortstop Derek Jeter chasing 3,000
He is Mr. November, and every other month in which Major League Baseball is played.
He has more hits than Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig, a higher career batting average than Mickey Mantle and a higher postseason average than Joe DiMaggio.
And it won't be...Tags: Major League Baseball, Don Mattingly, Willie Mays, Joe Torre, Ty Cobb
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With another Orioles season derailed, focus again shifts to future
They entered the All-Star break last year with an interim manager, 27 games out of first place in the American League East and with a 29-59 record that had them on pace for a franchise-worst 109 losses.
Yet the circumstances surrounding the current...Tags: Chicago Cubs, Kansas City Royals, Kevin Gregg, Peter G. Angelos, Mark Reynolds
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Ex-Yanks star, broadcaster Bobby Murcer dies at 62
The Associated PressBobby Murcer succeeded Mickey Mantle, played in pinstripes with Don Mattingly and watched proudly from the broadcast booth when the New York Yankees returned to power. A cherished link from former Yankees greats to the club's current stars, Murcer died...Tags: Major League Baseball, Chicago Cubs, Willie Mays, Hospitals and Clinics, Don Mattingly
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AL wins marathon midsummer classic
Sun reporterOn a perfect summer evening for baseball, in the sport's most venerable cathedral, with nearly 50 of its all-time greats looking on, the 79th All-Star Game simply didn't want the good times to end. The longest midsummer classic, time-wise, in history...Tags: Terry Francona, Hospitals and Clinics, Yogi Berra, David Wright, New York Mets
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Former Maryland football coach Lou Saban dies at 87
The Associated PressHe was a star football player in college, a champion pro football coach, a baseball president, a man with a short temper and very long resume, never averse to tackling something new. Nobody has ever done it quite like Lou Saban, a former Maryland...Tags: University of Cincinnati, New York Yankees, Buffalo Bills, Northwestern University, Jim Kelly
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Real men eat steak and read Esquire
Dining@LargeThe September issue of Esquire, which will be on newsstands tomorrow, contains a celebration of steak, including a list of the 20 best steaks in the U.S. The Prime Rib's prime rib is one of them. I just got off the phone...... -
Scouting the AL East, with a little male bonding mixed in
Special to Baltimoresun.comOur odyssey began when my son Michael suggested in January that we go to spring training to celebrate my 60th birthday. We'd taken the trip together several years earlier and I jumped at the second chance. I told him to set it up and gave him my credit...Tags: Green Monster, Grapefruit League, Spring Training, Baltimore Orioles, Minor League Baseball
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Barbaro's race ends in injury
Sun ReporterA spectacular day of racing turned catastrophic when Barbaro, a 3-year-old colt with a seemingly clear path to the Triple Crown, broke down in the first furlong of the 131st Preakness Stakes yesterday and was fighting for his life last night. Instead...Tags: Hospitals and Clinics, Animals, Pimlico Race Course, Surgery, Belmont Stakes
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Fantasy sports fans draft blockbusters
The Associated PressIf you'd rather be Harvey Weinstein than George Steinbrenner, then this might be the game for you. Just as number-crunching sports fans that draft, analyze and trade players in baseball, football and other sports, some people are turning to the movie biz...Tags: Movies, Mel Gibson, Albert Pujols, Harvey Weinstein, Television
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Late-night laughs with Cal and Tony
In case you didn't stay up late last night, Cal Ripken Jr. and Tony Gwynn read the Top 10 list on David Letterman's show. Here are Ripken's "Good Things About Being Elected to the National Baseball Hall of Fame": • "While traveling the country, I...Tags: Wedding Products and Services, Sports Illustrated, Weddings, David Letterman, New York Mets
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