From Don Zimmer: “I would prefer to remember him just as he was the first time I met him. I was managing the Red Sox and sitting in the dugout several hours before a game at Yankee Stadium. He was on the mound in a white shirt pitching batting practice [...]
From Stuart Sternberg: “George Steinbrenner’s impact on both the game of baseball and in the Tampa Bay community will have an everlasting effect on us all. We send our deepest sympathies to the Steinbrenner family and the Yankees organization.”
Yesterday we learned that the Rays might be “getting serious” about trading for Milwaukee outfielder Corey Hart. In a chat yesterday afternoon, Keith Law of ESPN.com offered a “buyer beware” warning… I wouldn’t trade anything of value for Hart. His first half is way over his head, and hitters who [...]
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The GBT – The Good, The Bad and The Telling sandwich, where The Bad is nice and lean and the The Telling is ripe. Sorry for the delay today. You guys killed our server last night, which is both amazing and humbling. But don’t worry, we are in the process [...]
[Update] The New York Daily News has a source saying that Steinbrenner died this morning at 6:30am. [9:45am] Yankees owner George Steinbrenner was taken to a Tampa hospital last night by emergency crews. There are reports that he has suffered a “massive heart attack,” but there is no official word yet. [...]
From time to time we are going to take a look at the 2010 attendance and see how this season stacks up against last year and whether the Rays can reach their goal of being average (in attendance). Notes on the attendance follow the graph… Notes on the 2010 attendance… [...]
