George Steinbrenner: "The Only Thing I Care About Is The Yankees Fans"

Greg's Note: I understand we've already had a tribute or two to "The Boss", however, he was so much an integral part of what this team is that I felt another one wouldn't hurt. Also JBigman wanted me to pass along this note:
Is there any doubt that both "The Boss" and Bob Sheppard should both be Hall of Fame bound? Let's start a drive to get both enshrined. Better late than never.
Now on to Patrick's article:

I wrote this the day that Mr. Steinbrenner passed away.

I wrote a post today about my five favorite quotes of The Boss. My favorite one was spoken at the introductory press conference after he bought the Yankees from CBS in 1973. He said, "We

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Olney: No Talks Yet Between Yanks and Mariners About Lee

For those wondering about the rumors regarding a potential Leeto the Yankees deal, Buster Olney tweeted today that "The Mariners and Yankees have had zero conversations about Cliff Lee." He says "The reason why is that they are philosophically opposed, in general, to the idea of absorbing the double-barrelled cost of trading prospects for a guy who is about to become a free agent, and then paying that player top-of-the-market price for an extension."

He also reminds us that "the Yankees have basically passed on trade talks for three Cy Young caliber pitchers in the last three years"

This doesn't surprise me at all. Like I said the other day, I don't think the Yankees believe there's a need for Lee right now, so unless they suffer a major injury I wouldn't expect the Yankees to be so quick to hand over Jesus Montero or Austin Romine for a pitcher they probably don't need. But Lee fans don't worry, next season, when Pettitte and Vazquez are gone, they'll need him and they'll sign him.

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Montero Talks About His Early Season Struggles

From Wayne Coffey (hat-tip to Was Watching):
"I am worried about my hitting, but not that much," Montero says in front of his locker in the PNC Field clubhouse. Not even five minutes later, he says, "I'm not upset that I'm not hitting. I'm still the same guy ... trying to hit the ball hard every single time."

..."I have been working every single day in the cage," Jesus Montero says. "This is baseball; slumps will happen. I am working really hard to get out of it."Yankees senior VP of baseball operations Mark Newman, and SWB manager Butch Wynegar don't seem too concerned either:


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Guess Who's Still Talking About A-Rod

Yes, it's knucklehead Dallas Braden (hat-tip to WasWatching):


What a tool.

By the way, doesn't it sound like he's threatening to fight A-Rod? I wonder how A-Rod's teammates, coaches, and manager feel about that. I wonder how the league feels about that.

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