HISTORY'S MIRROR: THE YANKEES 1ST QUARTER REPORT

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BASEBALL HOT CORNER found this 5/20/2008 on theyankeesrepublic.blogspot.com [flag]
Over the last decade, one of the great revolutions in Major League Baseball, and all professional sports for that matter, has arisen in front-office personnel. The Ivy League statistical prodigy has dispossessed the former professional athlete. While corporate financial models and Wall Street metrics increasingly shape team's decisions, strategies, and worldview. So perhaps, it's fitting in ... [link]

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Yanks' gloomy forecasts
Published 5/20/2008 by Mark Serio (noreply@blogger.com) at BASEBALL HOT CORNER
... Yankees Republic, provides a comprehensive report on the first quarter of the 2008 season and compares the results with last season's stumbling start. The conclusion that an epic comeback will be much tougher to come by this season because of improved competition is compelling. The truth hurts. ...

The Yankees' Republic: HISTORY'S MIRROR: THE YANKEES 1ST QUARTER REPORT
Published 5/20/2008 by Mark Serio (noreply@blogger.com) at BASEBALL HOT CORNER
The Yankees' Republic: HISTORY'S MIRROR: THE YANKEES 1ST QUARTER REPORT

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