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I admit that he returned the Yankees to greatness. There are several replies. One, they had won a pennant or a series in more than half of the 53 years (1920-1972) before he purchased them. Two, I hadn’t even mentioned how meddlesome he could be. In 1981, when they had a 2-0 lead against the Dodgers in [...]
I’m in favor of celebrating the accomplishments of George Steinbrenner’s life. But I found much of the coverage of his legacy overly pious and uninformed. For one, the Yankees did exist before he found them. Sure, he did steer the team to seven World Championships in 37 years, from 1973 through 2009. That’s a 18.9 percent success rate. In the previous 50 [...]