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yankees.lhblogs.com - 12/1/2008

The Yankees offer … nobody

— yankees.lhblogs.com — That’s right, nobody. So forget those draft picks. More to come … UPDATE, 5:27 p.m.: It came... down to economics. The Yankees did not want to risk going to arbitration with any of their players given the salaries they made last ... (more) The Yankees offer … nobody

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bugsandcranks.com - 11/29/2008

Assessing the Sabathia risks

— bugsandcranks.com — While the New York Yankees wait to find out whether or not CC Sabathia will be in... their 2009 rotation, the New York Daily News reminds us just how risky mega-contracts for pitchers can be . While Sabathia has proven he’s a terrific, durable ... (more) Assessing the Sabathia risks

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yankees.lhblogs.com - 11/28/2008

Ranking the Yankees, 1-20

— yankees.lhblogs.com — The Hot Stove season has been uneventful so far and today could be more of the same.... But now that my parents, sister and niece have left NYC, I have some blogging time on my hands. (Just an aside, while standing on Broadway and 39th Street for ... (more) Ranking the Yankees, 1-20

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The celebrity of King George
River Avenue Blues — ... Joe Posnanski chimes in with his view of the outgoing Yankee owner. He offers up a though-provoking take on George Steinbrenner’s quest for celebrity and the successes, failures and dominant storylines of his three-and-a-half decade run in New York. ...

Joe Posnanski Blog: King George
BBTF's Baseball Primer Newsblog — Joe Posnanski Blog: King George Poz on Steinbrenner and the New York - Cleveland connection...sorta like the Bob Pfeifer story, but on a much larger scalewag. Well, what words could you put at the end of George Steinbrenner’s movie? I’ve read a bunch of columns and stories about the man — some which make him out to be a hero, some which make him out to be a bum, some which make him out to be a complicated character, some which make him out to be as predictable as San Diego weather. I’ve enjoyed all of them, because it seems to me they all have truth. He IS the Seinfeld ...

A Large Regular — George Steinbrenner Joe Posnanski writes what perhaps is the definitive article on George Steinbrenner. That Posnanski has done this on his blog in basically what is his free time tells you not just of the tremendous talent of a writer Posnanski is but also of his sports passion and knowledge. Well worth your time to read this article.

Posnanski On Steinbrenner
WasWatching.com — Joe Posnanski offers 3,908 words on Big Stein at his blog. Click here to read it.

Joe Poz Reflects on the Boss
Pinstripe Alley — Joe Poz Reflects on the Boss There's a reason Joe Posnanski is recognized as the best in the business. He takes all the stories we've heard about the Boss, mixes in a little of his own theories about city/communal identity, and synthesizes a short 4,000 word ...

Phil Hughes off-season in review
Zell's Pinstripe Blog — ... .274 with three homers and 39 RBIs. IF Edwar Gonzalez: Through 14 games for Cardenales de Lara, Gonzalez is batting .323 (10-for-31) with four runs scored, one triple, one home run and five RBIs. IF Carlos Mendoza: Mendoza has four hits in 11 at-bats for Cardenales de Lara, having appeared in 16 games and logged an RBI and walk, striking out four times. LHP Edgar Soto: Pitching for Aguilas del Zulia, Soto allowed five runs in one inning of work, a 45.00 ERA.———————————————————– Great read on George M. Steinbrenner III   / ...

A Lazy Sunday Throwing Logs on the Hot Stove
The DiaTribe — ... Entirely unrelated to anything simmering on the Hot Stove but completely related to excellent writing, one of my favorite Clevelanders, Joe Posnanski, offers more brilliance in his piece on King George and how growing up in Cleveland may have shaped the way that The Big Stein evolved through the years as the owner of the Bombers. ...