Yankees’ Levine Cries Foul on Criticism

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Randy Levine says he's also Mike and Mad Dog's Daddy, but Hank says he and Hal are in charge of YES......
Published 10/23/2007 by susan mullen at XM MLB Chat
Both Randy Levine and the Steinbrenner sons are listed as being in charge of the YES Network: first article from the NY Post, 10/14/07 citing the boys, then NY Times article 10/23 citing Randy. (I'd like to know which is it--do I send my letters regarding program content to Randy, or....?) sm ""George has taken on a role like the chairman of a major corporation," said team president Randy Levine. "He's been saying for years he's wanted to get his sons involved in the family business. Both of them have stepped up and are taking on the day-to-day duties of what's required to run the Yankees." "There's always been a succession - and that's myself and my ...

Today in The Journal News
Published 10/23/2007 by Peter Abraham at The LoHud Yankees Blog
Joe Girardi was first up in the interview process yesterday and he explained what he learned from getting fired in Florida. Meanwhile, Joe Torre will be on HBO’s Real Sports tonight at 9 p.m. He’ll be interviewed by Bob Costas. Interesting piece in the Times today as Randy Levine accuses some of his harshest critics of not being objective. It’s interesting how quickly the organization has changed. Just a few months ago it seemed like Brian Cashman reported only to George Steinbrenner. Cashman’s power matched that of any GM in the game. Now we have Levine making comments about baseball matters and ...

Girardi takes the lead... or does he?
Published 10/23/2007 by Dave & Aziz Nekoukar at NJ.com: Pride of the Yankees
... with his headline, "Boss' son needs to remember these are the Yankees, not the Hank-ees". To say the younger Steinbrenners aren't having an easy time taking control would be an understatement at this point. This excellent ...

N.Y. Times: Sandomir: Yankees’ Levine Cries Foul on Criticism (RR)
Published 10/23/2007 at BBTF's Baseball Primer Newsblog
N.Y. Times: Sandomir: Yankees’ Levine Cries Foul on Criticism (RR) Flowers of romance...sent from Levine. Case No. 2: Tom Verducci of Sports Illustrated. Verducci wrote in a column on SI.com last week that under Levine, “the Yankees let corporate cowardice be their guide” and that “there is blood everywhere on Levine and the boys” over the handling of the Torre contract. Levine questioned Verducci’s objectivity because he collaborated on Torre’s 1997 autobiography, “Chasing the Dream.” “They had a financial relationship,” Levine said. Verducci said he didn’t regard disclosure of his old Torre book deal as necessary in his first critical article about Levine. Still, at some ...

Levine Comes out Firing
Published 10/23/2007 by Mantlemurcer at My Pinstripes
First we had Hank Steinbrenner stepping in front of the moving freight train in his defense of Daddy. Now Mr. Politico, Randy Levine, has come out with both one barrel firing at his critics. He does not address all criticism, only that which came from people who he feels have a conflict of interest. ...

Secrets of the Fourth Estate
Published 10/23/2007 by Nick-YF at YFSF
Richard Sandomir gets all media meta in a column today about Randy Levine (Well, Nick, Sandomir is a media critic. That's his job, idiot. Oh... you're right, Nick.). The unpopular Levine thinks some of the criticism levelled at him-- specifically by Mike and the Angry Puppy, Tom Verducci and John Kruk--is tainted by their relationships with principal players in the story. ...

Crybaby Levine speaks to Sandomir
Published 10/23/2007 by John Amato <info@pinstripealley.com> at Pinstripe Alley
Randy is whining to the NY Times because some people are mean to him. But that is changing. Levine, a deputy mayor under the former mayor Rudolph W. Giuliani, called me Sunday to say that he could deal with criticism but that he was displeased that he had been stung by people with "undisclosed conflicts of interest." Case No. 1: Mike Francesa and Chris Russo. Levine ...

Late Tuesday Roundup
Published 10/24/2007 by JMM at MY BASEBALL BIAS
Here are a few stories that I’m just getting to tonight (sorry for the delay): According to the NY Daily News, the Yankees might be prepared to offer free agent catcher Jorge Posada a contract for 3 years and $40M. A Yankee official told the News, ” “I believe that we’re going to be very competitive”. Posada recently turned 36 in August and is coming off a career year in ‘06 where he batted .338 with 20 homers and 90 RBI. Yankees President Randy Levine is not happy with a few members of the media who have criticized him over his handling of Joe Torre. In a Richard Sandomir ...

The Roundup: Here Comes Byrnes, a Bizarre Rick Fox Video, and Nuts in Boston
Published 10/24/2007 by TheBigLead at The Big Lead
Mmmmm Megan Fox … not sure why someone was clowning us for enjoy Lisa Lisa and Cult Jam - they had two No. 1 hits in the greatest decade of music ever! … anyone listen to Doug Gottlieb’s radio show on ESPN last night? We received an email from a reader saying he name-checking us on air, and we just wanted to return to the favor (and hear the reference) … gotta love the name of this blog … Are you ready for Eric Byrnes all up in your World Series coverage? (USA Today) We mentioned this yesterday, but in case you avoid baseball posts like the plague - the best story you will ever read about Lord ...