George Steinbrenner use to publish “missives” when he believed his team was performing less than their best. Fans and media alike would await the latest statement from George after a tough weekend against the Red Sox or when the Bombers were in the midst of a long losing streak. Hal Steinbrenner is not nearly as […]

David Brown of Yahoo’s Big League Stew caught up with Pete Rose earlier this week. Rose gave Brown a lengthy and honest interview that is a must-read for any baseball fan. Today, instead of managing in the big leagues, Rose spends his days signing autographs and attending dinners with baseball fans through his web business at PeteRose.com. When […]

Are we about to see the next great Boston collapse? It’s been a long time since the Red Sox and choke have been synonymous, but the Sox lead over Tampa Bay is just five games in the loss column after their loss to Tampa last night. They have six more games with Tampa the next […]

The perception of Joe Torre by Yankees fans is one of the more interesting dynamics we have seen in this town. You have two camps which I will call the “St. Joe Acolytes” who believe Torre walked on water and was integral to the team’s success. The other side is the “Clueless Joe” crowd who […]

Interesting column by Ian O’ Connor at ESPN New York: “[George] Steinbrenner had been whispering in Jim’s ear that he needed to get involved with the players and coaches if he wanted to be a great owner,” Checketts said. “So Jim sat there and started lecturing Jeff on how the brawl of ’97 and the […]

After the death of George Steinbrenner in July the obvious question was who will take George’s mantle as the next dynamic MLB owner? In a league long on country club, and short on flair, Mark Cuban seemed to be the obvious choice. I opined at the time that he would be a great choice to […]

Nice to see George admit he is the “worst loser in the world.”

As announced on last nights show NYBD readers elected George Steinbrenner as the first annual “NYBD Man of the Year.” In case you are just tuning in, I decided to start a tradition by selecting individuals or events that impacted New York sports throughout the previous year. The inaugural choices were George Steinbrenner, Sandy Alderson, […]

Since 1927, TIME Magazine has chosen a man, woman, or idea that “for better or worse,” has most influenced events in the preceding year. I decided to steal this idea shamelessly and announced on my radio program tonight the start the annual NYBD “Man of the Year” here in 2010. Our criteria will be the […]

Although the Veterans Committee named a deserving Pat Gillick to the Hall of Fame, their snub of George Steinbrenner and Marvin Miller has me a bit perplexed. I didn’t have Gillick on my ballot, but it was more due to the focus on Steinbrenner/Miller than his lack of credentials. Gillick was successful in four organizations […]