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Baseball Primer Newsblog — The Best News Links from the Baseball Newsstand Thursday, May 15, 2008Madden: Steaming Hank Steinbrenner lights fire while threatening to burn some bridgesTaking a break from disecting Sylvia Froos records for The Vitaphone Project...Madden talks to Hank Steinbrenner.
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Meet the new boss... same as the old boss.
From day 1, Hank has found problems with everything: strategic direction, the salaries, the performance... Most or all of these things his father probably would've disliked as well, and almost certainly would've spoken up* about it, in his younger days. But the big difference is that Hank hasn't earned any respect yet. He's simply shown up and expected it - whether due to his position or his birthright, I don't know, but it's clear he feels entitled to it.
In short, while this schtick worked for his father, I think it might backfire for the son - at least in the short run.
*His father also had a knack for speaking out at just the right time. To me it seemed that he would lash out at underperforming players juuuuuust before they reached a soft part of the schedule, allowing him to credit himself for something that likely would've happened anyway.
You might want to holster that thumb's up, Ebert. With a rent-free, tax-free stadium, $2500-per-game "infield club" seats, 42 new luxury boxes (57 total), and an "operating lease" deal that will let New York pull money out of its MLB revenue sharing obligation in perpetuity, "Hank" looks to be the bigscreen blockbuster of the young century. They'll be able to afford some crappy Bruckheimer dialogue.
Just like George took credit for having the centerfield facade/frieze kept as a tribute to the old stadium...when it was Michael Burke's idea.
.330/.390, with his usual defense. That ain't so hot. Though in fairness, he has picked it up a bit over the last couple of weeks.
I wouldn't at all be surprised to see Hank try to find a way to put himself on the field, probably in center field.
A random poll of seven players at 10 p.m. [last night] revealed that only one had any idea of what Steinbrenner said.
So either the players aren't paying any attention to what Hank says (possible) or they just aren't paying any any attention to what anyone besides maybe Girardi says (more likely).
Jeter's still got a 101 OPS+, but I'm guessing that Hank saw his .300 batting average before last night and used that as his bench mark.
Or they are just saying they haven't heard Steiny-Lite so they don't have to be asked questions about it.
When does BTF all agree on something?
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