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Covering George Steinbrenner was a beat unto itself. It could switch from the absurd to the surreal to the insane, sometimes in the space of nine innings.
There was that crazy afternoon in Ft. Lauderdale, on the last day of spring training in 1999, when for the second time sluggish, chubby Yankee pitcher Hideki Irabu failed to cover first base on a ground ball. The team and reporters were set to break camp and fly west in a few hours, for the start of a new season, but after Irabu's stumble it was as if a tornado had touched down on this sliver of Florida.
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Yankees outfielder Nick Swisher likes to call Tampa Bay Rays Manager Joe Maddon “the mad scientist,” and with good reason. When the two teams met, in St. Petersburg, Fla., on the opening weekend of the regular ... more »
Based simply on numbers, you can make the case the Yankees look desperate here, calling up Andy Pettitte to start Sunday in the Bronx before he’s truly ready. But that’s a silly way of interpreting a decision they had to... more »
If a man can make walking with crutches look effortless, well, who else but Mariano Rivera? Here he was, practically gliding across the clubhouse on his new crutches, when he noticed everyone studying his every move. “I didn't... more »
You want to take something meaningful away from Andy Pettitte’s first time back on a major-league mound in a year and a half? Then you go right ahead. Go ahead and break down Pettitte’s 6⅓-inning, 94-pitch... more »
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