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N.Y. Times: Kissinger: Sitting With DiMaggio and Steinbrenner (RR)
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N.Y. Times: Kissinger: Sitting With DiMaggio and Steinbrenner (RR) It was a Greek tragedy. Nixon Steinbrenner was fulfilling his own nature. Once it started it could not end otherwise. After George Steinbrenner became owner, my visits took place under his aegis. I developed vast affection for his capacity for friendship, which matched his fierce pride in his team. We often sat next to each other. During a playoff series game with the Red Sox, Mike Mussina was cruising along with a no-hitter and an eight-run lead when Boston got a hit in a late inning. I pointed out ...
End of Days
My Pinstripes —
... look from Boston's Bob Ryan. Steve Politi looks at the House the Fans Built. Retired beat writer Moss Klein (this is the guy we grew up reading) looks back. Stadium magic bridges generations. Peter Abraham's fondest memories. And he takes a look back. "Writer" Billy Crystal looks back. Henry Kissinger, yes, Henry Kissinger looks back. Tyler Kepner looks back ...
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George to miss Yankee Stadium finale
riveraveblues.com 9/20/2008 — According to numerous reports, George Steinbrenner will not be at Yankee Stadium on Sunday evening. Considering all that George has meant for baseball and all that he has done with the Yankees since buying the team in the early 1970s, I have to ...
Yankee Stadium, Taj Mahal, Great Wall, Stonehenge
weblogs.newsday.com 9/20/2008 — YES sent me copies of the pieces it will run on the history of Yankee Stadium for Sunday's pre-game - one on baseball's "cathedral" and the other on non-baseball events at the big ballpark in the Bronx.
I got the general idea where it was headed ...
A “Sporting” Look At The Beginnings of Yankee Stadium
seamheads.com 9/20/2008 — The end of a legacy is near. After Sunday, Chicago’s Wrigley Field and Boston’s Fenway Park will have less company in the discussion of the truly historic stadiums of baseball when Yankee Stadium closes its doors in truly manufactured style...
Aceves stifles O's as Yanks walk off —
Major League Baseball News 9/20/2008
Robinson Cano came through with a bases-loaded single in the bottom of the ninth inning to lift the Yankees to a 1-0 victory over the Orioles on Saturday, but the club held its breath after captain Derek Jeter exited with an injury in the final ...
YANKEES BEAT ORIOLES 1-0 —
NY Post: Sports 9/20/2008
Robinson Cano hit an RBI single with two outs in the ninth inning and the New York Yankees staved off postseason elimination Saturday, beating the Baltimore Orioles 1-0. Playing what is likely to be the penultimate game at Yankee Stadium, New York...
