Re: Hankenstein's word and about-face

On Thu, 6 Dec 2007 16:19:39 -0800 (PST), BadgerBC
<neilrichardson3819@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

On Dec 6, 10:18 am, GaryFL <xx...@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
On Thu, 06 Dec 2007 11:09:39 GMT, Thermos <cfb...@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
captmike wrote:
Having lived in New England for 30 years now, I can tell you that red
sox trolls are usually fairly unintelligent. Truth is 98% of the
student body at MIT are probably NOT from Massachusetts. So, in the
ongoing credibility discussion... Hank made his point that when he
said it... he was moving on because ARod basically blew the Yankees
off by refusing to even sit down with them. Or at least Boras told
the Yankees as much. Eventually, ARod felt like a jerk, came back hat
in hand and took far less than the _OPENING_ FIGURE OF $350 MILLION
that Boras said was the cost of a seat at the table. Yes, we
eventually signed him to a nice deal, and its incentive laden too.

And Hank and the Yankees made sure Posada and Mo got resigned, and
somebody helped talk Andy into coming back.

Hank _tried_ to improve the team by getting arguably the best pitcher
in baseball, and he even tried to negotiate. It got to a point where
he just said we can't do any better than what we had on the table. He
didn't offer 8 players for Santana.

Is Hank perfect? Of course not. Does he speak impulsively? Yes, but
HE's RUNNING THE TEAM NOW, AND HE OWNS IT. Will he make mistakes? Of
course, because he's not perfect. Any fan who thinks the owner should
shut up and leave everything up to his management obviously hasn't
worked in a big corporation with a dynamic family ownership.

I've worked in much bigger corporations than the Yankees and without
question Hank Steinbrenner should shut up and leave the management of
his father's business to people who either know something about business
or people who know something about the industry of baseball, neither of
which he understands. He's a blithering buffoon.

Are the Steinbrenner's baseball's version of the Corleone family?

Vito Corleone, Father; Don played by George

Santino 'Sonny' Corleone, Eldest son; Underboss to Don Vito; played by
Hank

Michael Corleone, Youngest son; Don; played by Hal

Tom Hagen, Adopted son; Consigliere to Vito and Michael; played by
Brian Cashman

Salvatore "Sal" Tessio, one of two caporegimes in the Corleone Family
played by Randy Levine

Peter Clemenza, one of two caporegimes in the Corleone Family, played
by Lonn Trost

Carlo Rizzi, Connie's husband; played by Steve Swindal


We may be on to something. The Yankees could do much worse then having
Hal turn into Michael - Evil Empire indeed.
.

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