You Look Hideous

Projo Sox Blog found this 3/14/2008 on bostondirtdogs.boston.com [flag]

You Look Hideous (AP Photo) One Thing Is Crystal Clear, We're All Glad Billy Ball Is Over Crystal Strikes Out in New Career "As long as the fans enjoy it, it's great. He has a real love for the Yankees. He's going to help us in the opening of the new stadium and all that." -- 3.13.08, Our Man Hank Steinbrenner ... [link]

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Baseball Today: Friday, March 14
Published 3/14/2008 by Art Martone (amartone@projo.com) at Projo Sox Blog
... are telling Shelley Duncan to tone done his act. (New York Post) MR. THURSDAY AFTERNOON: Billy Crystal enjoyed his moment in the sun as the Yankee leadoff hitter, even though he struck out. (New York Daily News) The Daily News' Bill Madden thinks baseball's first owner-showman, Bill Veeck, ''is roaring with laughter . . . at what he would consider the hypocrisy of the lordly Yankees for conceiving such a stunt.'' Our friend Steve Silva is having plenty of laughs himself. (bostondirtdogs.com) OH, YEAH, THE ...

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