Why the Yankees Are Fading Without George Steinbrenner -- New York Magazine

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New York Magazine: Smith: Après George le Déluge
Published 9/8/2008 at BBTF's Baseball Primer Newsblog
New York Magazine: Smith: Après George le Déluge I would say “Most Likely You Go Your Way (And I’ll Go Mine)”...if it was Avant George le Déluge, but it ain’t...so I can’t. Hal Steinbrenner appears to have bought into Cashman’s long-term rebuilding program, but his own ambitions aren’t so transparent. For a decade, he was content to live in Florida and oversee the family’s hotel properties, staying out of the way of his domineering dad. As this season began, he seemed most interested in watching over the family’s investment, and in joking to reporters that he wanted them to use ...

Yanks Power Issues Not Limited To Bats?
Published 9/8/2008 by Steve Lombardi at WasWatching.com
Via Chris Smith’s feature Après George le Déluge in New York Magazine (with a hat tip to BBTF) - So a question that for 30 years had a laughably simple answer—who’s running the Yankees?— is instead more complicated than it was seven months ago, at the start of the season. What’s clear is that life after George is going to be very different for the Yankees—and, in some ways, far more difficult. Hal Steinbrenner appears to have bought into Cashman’s long-term rebuilding program, but his own ambitions aren’t so ...

Why George didn’t make the Yankees
Published 9/8/2008 by Ben K. at River Avenue Blues » River Avenue Blues, A New York Yankees Blog
... This week, with the Yanks’ season nearing an end and the team sitting uncomfortably in fourth place, Chris Smith examines the current state of Yankee ownership and wonders if the Yankees are fading without George Steinbrenner around to right the ship. “As the tyrant fades away and his team fades with him,” the magazine’s headline writers say, “it has now become all too apparent that the Boss was really the straw that stirred the drink.” ...

Baseball Today: Tuesday, September 9
Published 9/9/2008 by Art Martone (amartone@projo.com) at Projo Sox Blog
... THE STORY BEHIND THE STORY: New York Magazine says George Steinbrenner's health and the Yankees are fading simultaneously, which proves that the Boss "was really the straw that stirred the drink." But the blog River Ave. Blues blasts holes in both ...

Another look behind the Yanks curtains
Published 9/10/2008 by jnr98@yahoo.com (Jason @ IIATMS) at It is about the money, stupid
... This is a long one, but a sober, somber, honest view into the Yanks ownership and the transition from George to Hank & Hal. It's a view worth taking a look at. And worth noting how it seems that Hal is really the one slowly coming to power while Hank remains the loudmouth that people are ignoring more and more. ...

NY Mag: Yanks Fading Without George
Published 9/19/2008 by Mike Silva at Mike Silva's NY Baseball Digest
... very different personalities. More threatening to the long-term success of the team, however, is the heirs’ ambivalence about actually taking charge of the franchise. So a question that for 30 years had a laughably simple answer—who’s running the Yankees?— is instead more complicated than it was seven months ago, at the start of the season. What’s clear is that life after George is going to be very different for the Yankees—and, in some ways, far more difficult. CLICK HERE TO READ THE ARTICLE