An enormous loss to baseball, and a ripple across the fabric of Our Great City:
George Steinbrenner, a towering and intimidating figure who dominated the New York sports scene for 35 years, winning 11 American League pennants and seven world championships as owner of the Yankees, in and around two suspensions from baseball and multiple feuds and firings, died Tuesday morning in Tampa after suffering a massive heart attack. He was 80.
The Yankees had recently honored George’s birthday on July 4th at the Stadium. He is survived by his wife, two sons, two daughters, and generations of Yankee fans who can claim to have seen the Championship trophy in the hands of a Yankee.
Jays just got younger at short
http://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2010/07/blue-jays-acquire-yunel-escobar.html
Not exactly a blockbuster but the move tells me the braves are going for it.
The one Oriole that made the All-Star team was pinch-hit for by a Yankee, who promptly struck out. To me, that was almost as good as if Wigginton had a hit a home run ……… Almost.
NICK SWISHER hit for TY WIGGINTON
NICK SWISHER struck out swinging.
ticker updated.
hey canada, saw that you dropped that but I put it on the ticker before I checked in.
GS3 in the words of others:
http://yankees.lhblogs.com/2010/07/14/in-their-words-remembering-george-steinbrenner/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+LohudYankees+%28The+LoHud+Yankees+Blog%29
ohhhh no worries Lib … I am not a credit hound:)
….. “Nobody loves you when you’re down and out” ……. “Everybody loves you when you’re six-feet under” …..
JOHN LENNON, 1974
The Yankees’ version of MOONLIGHT GRAHAM has died.
http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/v/verdifr01.shtml
http://www.pressconnects.com/article/20100713/SPORTS02/7130364/1118/Former-Binghamton-Triplets-manager-Verdi-dies-at-84
Klap on the Boss excerpt:
http://www.northjersey.com/sports/Klapisch_George_was_truly_The_Boss.html
Back in 1975, Steinbrenner caught a young Puerto Rican kid spray-painting graffiti on the Stadium’s walls. He grabbed the boy and brought him to the police holding cell underneath the ballpark. But at the last moment Steinbrenner had a change of heart; he took the culprit to the Yankee clubhouse and shoved him into Martin’s office.
“Teach him something,” Steinbrenner barked at the manager, an edict that served as the starter’s gun on Ray Negron’s life. From bat boy to video archivist to special assistant to Martin himself, Negron climbed the ladder of the Yankee family. Today he is a member of the team’s community outreach program, as well as the author of four children’s books.
Negron was in tears when reached by telephone Tuesday morning. “I just couldn’t prepare myself for this,” he said, despite Steinbrenner’s advanced age and declining health.
aye shoe. You’d never believe the man had so many friends. Anyone catch any Lupica? He always has something to say…except now.
http://mlb.fanhouse.com/2010/07/13/rush-limbaugh-on-george-steinbrenner-cracker-made-black-athle/
Saw that Limbaugh. True, the MLBPA has pioneered more collective gains for the black athlete in America than any single organization.
“FANFEST”- Maybe my understanding of the word is different than theirs-
http://www.metstoday.com/
Gary Carter proves once AGAIN what a real hypocritical pc of shit he really is
WTF happened to george Sherrill?
http://weblogs.baltimoresun.com/sports/orioles/blog/2010/07/report_dodgers_put_sherrill_on.html
f a team claims the 33-year-old, they’ll be on the hook for what remains of his $4.5 million salary this season.
Sherrill, who the Orioles traded to the Dodgers last July for prospects Josh Bell and Steve Johnson, has a 7.32 ERA and has walked 16 in 19 2/3 innings this year.
Before you ask if the Orioles are interested, I know the Orioles love Sherrill, so it wouldn’t surprise me, It, however, would take me by surprise if they claimed him and ate the money, especially since they already have one left-hander in Michael Gonzalez making a lot of money and struggling to get back.
Either way, I know several people from the organization who have watched Sherrill either on person or on TV this season and been surprised with how much his mechanics have changed since his Orioles’ days. It sounds like getting Sherrill back to form would be a nice project for Orioles pitching coach Rick Kranitz, who has long admired the pitcher’s guts and competitiveness. However, that he’s still due $2 million certainly will enter into the equation.
http://yankees.lhblogs.com/2010/07/14/albaladejo-opening-eyes-in-scrantonwilkes-barre/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+LohudYankees+%28The+LoHud+Yankees+Blog%29
Guy has an era over 7, 19.2IP 28H 11k 16BB.
The guy was an AS last year and after he was traded to the Dodgers he went 27.2 innings and only gave up 2 runs.
obviously those #s belong to Sherrill and not Day-O since Day-O was not traded to the Dodgers last year.
My bad, he was an AS in 08.
thanks for the Day-O heads up. I’m out for the night. peace
Who leads the Yankees in runs scored?
“If you had one game to win & your life depended on it, you’d want him to pitch it” – - – -Casey Stengel about Whitey Ford.
http://wbx.me/l/?u=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FMlbTradeRumors%2F%7E3%2FC5IkTkyQUFE%2Fthree-moves-that-could-shape-the-al-central.html
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