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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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Boss to attend All-Star Game
Yankees owner George Steinbrenner plans to attend the All-Star Game, The Associated Press reported yesterday. Steinbrenner, who turns 78 today, was at the Yankees' spring training complex in Tampa yesterday and said he will attend the July 15 game at...Tags: Spring Training, Multi-Sport Events
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Happy birthday!
Actress Gloria Stuart is 98. Conductor Mitch Miller is 97. Advice columnist Pauline Phillips (the original "Dear Abby") is 90. Actress Eva Marie Saint is 84. Actress Gina Lollobrigida is 81. Playwright Neil Simon is 81. Baseball-team owner George...Tags: Eva Marie Saint, John Waite, Neil Simon, Celebrity, Gina Lollobrigida
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Insiders Share Yankee Stadium's Hidden History
Courant Staff WriterRay Negron was 16, a troubled kid caught spraying graffiti on Yankee Stadium. George Steinbrenner gave him a job, many jobs, starting with bat boy. Late that summer of 1973, a very hot day, Eleanor Gehrig was coming to the Stadium, and Steinbrenner...Tags: Babe Ruth, History, Derek Jeter, Mickey Mantle, Lou Gehrig
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Is A-Rod just a lucky star?
News item: The New York Daily News reported recently that Alex Rodriguez and wife Cynthia are splitting just months after the birth of their second daughter. My take: A-Rod, 32, has been seen around New York with Madonna, 49, and the gossip rags are...Tags: Oakland Athletics, Michael Phelps, Philadelphia Phillies, National League, Milwaukee Brewers
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'I want to thank the Lord for making me a Yankee'
mark.herrmann@newsday.comBefore a Yankees postseason game at Cleveland's Jacobs Field in 1998, George Steinbrenner was boarding a clean, efficient elevator in that sparkling ballpark and said, "Gee, what a stadium this is. We need one just like it." His point was that his club...Tags: Curt Schilling, Mickey Mantle, David Cone, Major League Baseball, Yogi Berra
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The Stadium: Larger than life, both in physical size and what occurred within its walls
mark.herrmann@newsday.comYankee Stadium was built to catch the eye and capture the imagination, all on the very first look. From day one, April 18, 1923, it was meant to be hugely unforgettable, and it never lost an inch of its stature. That is why a second-generation Stadium...Tags: Tour Operations Industry, Mickey Mantle, National League, John McGraw, Major League Baseball
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Scorn on the 4th of July? Girardi safe for '08
ken.davidoff@newsday.comThe Fourth of July serves as a traditional baseball landmark, one of those natural points of assessment. It probably won't surprise you to learn that here with the Yankees, it has been something so much more. Yes, back in George Steinbrenner's prime, you...Tags: Joe Torre, Sidney Ponson, American League, Fourth of July, Johnny Damon
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Scorn on the 4th of July for Yanks? Not anymore
The Fourth of July serves as a traditional baseball landmark, one of those natural points of assessment. It probably won't surprise you to learn that here with the Yankees, it has been something so much more. Yes, back in George Steinbrenner's prime, you...Tags: Joe Torre, Sidney Ponson, American League, Fourth of July, Johnny Damon
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Matsui Could Be Done For Year
Courant Staff WriterHideki Matsui's rehab is not going well. The first week of therapy left his left knee sore, and he will not take batting practice until next week. "Is that what we want to hear? No," manager Joe Girardi said. Matsui, who has had chronic pain in the knee...Tags: Spring Training, Surgery, Alex Rodriguez, Major League Baseball, Baseball
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Where were you for Righetti's no-hitter?
barbara.barker@newsday.comWhere were you 25 years ago today? If you are a Yankees fan over the age of, say, 35, there is a good chance you can answer this question precisely. That, to Dave Righetti, probably is the most amazing thing about the 4-0 no-hitter he threw against the...Tags: San Francisco Giants, Don Mattingly, Lou Gehrig, Major League Baseball, Society
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