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Watchdog found this 10/19/2007 on www.newsday.com [flag]
Neil Best October 19, 2007 The conference call yesterday during which Yankees executives announced the end of the Joe Torre era was surprisingly matter-of-fact and unemotional. The fact that a national television audience was able to hear it live, though, produced a reaction from the team that was anything but calm. Media relations director Jason Zillo reacted angrily to the fact that ESPN2 ... [link]

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Yanks take time from manager search to criticize ESPN
Published 10/19/2007 by Neil Best at Watchdog
... Here it is. Short story: The Yankees are not happy with our friends at ESPN. ...

Welcome To The Apocalypse, The Yankees Are Mad At ESPN!
Published 10/19/2007 by Awful Announcing- at Awful Announcing
... According to and article by Newsday's Neil Best, The Yanks' Media Relations Director is pissed at "The Leader" for acting "above the law". ...

Yankees Flacks Mad at ESPN
Published 10/19/2007 by PostmanE at FanHouse
... But now ... the Yankees are actually mad at ESPN. And so Rome was toppled? Via ...

Sports in Brief.
Published 10/20/2007 by Andrew at The Grand National Championships
... Apparently, the Yankees are unhappy with ESPN’s coverage of the Torre situation. In other news? Water is dry and up is dowm. ...

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I don't know how you could ever get mad at a machine that is basically your own PR hub, but alas this is the case. According to and article by Newsday's Neil Best , The Yanks' Media Relations Director is pissed at "The Leader" for acting "above the ...
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