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The Daily News Doesn’t Mince Words About A-Rod’s Historic Homer and his Infamous Past
August 5, 2010 By View Comments
R.I.P. George (The Boss) Steinbrenner
July 13, 2010 By View Comments
Say what you will about Steinbrenner, one thing is for sure, virtually no one has had as much of an impact on the game of baseball and how it has been played over the past 30 years than The Boss.
I never understood people’s accusations that Steinbrenner “bought” the best teams. Isn’t that what a baseball club is supposed to do? MLB has revenue sharing for a reason, to help level the playing field for smaller market clubs. The Yankees pay out more into that pot than any other team in the league.
While other owners run their teams as a business with a bottom line, Steinbrenner only cared about winning, no matter what the cost. He invested everything he made from the Yankees back into the Yankees and in the process, built an empire.
One thing I am always fascinated about is how fragile history is. How seemingly insignificant moments wind up having such profound effects on the course of history. A year before buying the Yankees Steinbrenner had unsuccessfully tried to buy the Cleveland Indians. It’s impossible to imagine what the landscape of baseball would like had he succeeded. The Yankees very well could have continued to wallow in the basement of the American League.
Luckily, for us Yankees fans, that’s something that we don’t have to imagine. Thanks for all of the great memories Mr. Steinbrenner, your presence will be missed.
RE: Yankee Stadium bans iPads via Mashable – CORRECTION
May 24, 2010 By View Comments
I’ve been going to Yankee games for over 10 years and have gotten used to the fact that, with a few exceptions, you’re not allowed to take virtually anything into the Stadium. Stan’s Bowling alley across the street makes money hand over fist renting out lockers to people who rushed to the stadium after work with their bags still in tow. For $10 you can leave your bag at Stan’s while you go enjoy the game.
I’m not sure why iPad owners feel like they should be any different. You can’t bring a laptop into the game why on earth should you be able to bring in an iPad? I think it would be pretty annoying to be surrounded by people clacking away on their iPads while you’re trying to watch the game.
That being said I wanted to specifically address the WiFi issue that Mashable mentions. While it’s true that Yankee Stadium is wireless, it’s not accessible to the public. The WiFi at the Stadium is password protected and used mostly by the media there.
“So what, I have a 3G enable iPad,” you say? Good luck with that. AT&T may be the official mobile sponsor for the Yankees but unless you’re in the top row of the Stadium you can forget about getting any kind of signal, 3G, edge or otherwise. During last year’s World Series I had to constantly borrow my friend’s Verizon phone just to be able to send a text message out.
So, unless you want to take your iPad as a tray to hold your beer and your nachos there’s not much point anyhow. Just leave your iPad at home and go enjoy the game. You can blog about it after you get home.
Mary J. Blige’s Amazing Rendition of the National Anthem at Game 6 of the World Series
November 5, 2009 By View Comments
This was by far the best rendition of the National Anthem that I’ve ever seen live.
