Kubek's New Life

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Bronx Banter: Couple of Three Random Things
Published 7/23/2008 at Baseball Toaster
... , Jarrod Washburn isn't likely to land in the Bronx. Whew. Over at the Times, Harvey Araton has a blog post on former Yankee announcer, Tony Kubek, who talks about why he walked away from broadcasting in 1994: "I had two years remaining on my contract with MSG at the time," Kubek said. "But it struck me that day that I just didn't want to be in or around baseball anymore. I remember that I called Bob Gutkowski, who was my boss, and I told him that I wasn't going to finish the contract. He said, `Wait a minute, that's pretty good money you're going to walk away from,' but I ...

N.Y. Times: Araton: Kubek’s New Life (RR)
Published 7/23/2008 at BBTF's Baseball Primer Newsblog
N.Y. Times: Araton: Kubek’s New Life (RR) As my Druncle Wrinkle used to say..."For a guy that got hit in the throat...that Kubek talks an awful lot!” “I had two years remaining on my contract with MSG at the time,” Kubek said. “But it struck me that day that I just didn’t want to be in or around baseball anymore. I remember that I called Bob Gutkowski, who was my boss, and I told him that I wasn’t going to finish the contract. He said, `Wait a minute, that’s pretty good money you’re going to walk away from,’ but I had made up my mind and that was it. “Part of it was that I ...

Baseball Today: Thursday, July 24
Published 7/24/2008 by Art Martone (amartone@projo.com) at Projo Sox Blog
... BASEBALL? WHAT IS THIS BASEBALL OF WHICH YOU SPEAK? The New York Times' Harvey Araton found former Yankee shortstop Tony Kubek at his summer retreat in Michigan's Upper Peninsula and discovers Kubek hasn't followed baseball since walking away from his Yankee broadcasting job in 1994 and doesn't miss it a bit. Nor does he sound like he's mellowed from the day in 1995 when he told the Daily News' Bob Raissman that George Steinbrenner " ...

Vote For Tom!
Published 9/3/2008 by noreply@blogger.com (Stoeten) at Drunk Jays Fans
... Now, since I brought up Kubek, this is probably as good a time as any to mention an awesome New York Times blog post on him from back in July. Seems that the six-time World Series winner and four-time All-Star, who called games for the Jays from their inception until 1989, hasn't seen a major league game, even on television, since he retired from the Yankees broadcast booth in 1994. What? ...