tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1977384970015233286.post2464446622262657563..comments2023-11-03T06:13:31.161-04:00Comments on Prince of New York Baseball Blog: George Steinbrenner's Unappreciated, Underreported AttributesPAUL LEBOWITZhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03726846731779145384noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1977384970015233286.post-82780172450896933752010-07-15T00:35:40.512-04:002010-07-15T00:35:40.512-04:00George may be many things to me as a Baseball fan ...George may be many things to me as a Baseball fan and not all of them good. But as a MAN of this city I appreciated every friggin second he walked our city streets. Because! ~ Because the guy had guts and that's what you needed here. Yankee Stadium lay center mass of every blight that comes with urban decay and ruin (in the late 70's). George never blinked. George never flinched. George engaged in a game of chicken, allied with the willing against everything wrong in this city back in the day....fought the long fight....and in the end, won.<br /><br />That's why I have his back! Because he freakin stayed. The Dodgers thought things got bad in their neighborhood and eloped with the Giants because this town wasn't good enough for them anymore. Times changed right? It wasn't the good old days anymore right? Things got ten times worse for George in his neighborhood than things ever got in theirs. George had the Baseballs to stick it out in this town when so many chose to tuck theirs between their legs and scatter like roaches when the lights go on.<br /><br />......that was the last two paragraphs of my post today about George. He had every reason to flee this city, and didn't. It's something he never gets credit for. We should know better than to say something like the Yankees moving could never happen. Just ask Dodger/Giant fans. Ponder their fate in the hands of a different owner and a lesser man in the late 70's. George didn't turn his back on this city when it was down when the easy thing to do was flee.BrooklynTrolleyBloggerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09704760727364587466noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1977384970015233286.post-38613900093578669002010-07-14T16:40:00.030-04:002010-07-14T16:40:00.030-04:00When I saw the name Dave LaPoint, I cracked up. Gu...When I saw the name Dave LaPoint, I cracked up. Guys like that were part of Steinbrenner's legacy too, along with Whitson, but he did have other attributes, as you point out.She-Fanhttp://janeheller.mlblogs.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1977384970015233286.post-54753171248214627142010-07-14T12:48:58.116-04:002010-07-14T12:48:58.116-04:00Free your mind, Joe.
I don't recall Prince ma...Free your mind, Joe.<br /><br />I don't recall Prince making his statement based on "pitcher wins". <br /><br />It's not about the <i>wins</i>. It's about Ubaldo carrying his team, being the best all around pitcher in the NL right now. In baseball, that sorta thing is REALLY REALLY REALLY important, y'know, carrying a team, igniting a team, leading a team.<br /><br />Free your mind, man.<br /><br />Free your mind.Jeffhttp://redstatebluestate.mlblogs.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1977384970015233286.post-68993585715863996312010-07-14T11:11:04.960-04:002010-07-14T11:11:04.960-04:00Lack of understanding? I'd say your logic is f...Lack of understanding? I'd say your logic is flawed, but there isn't any logic in there. In your alternate universe, guys like 2008 Brad Lidge somehow are more worthy than Chase Utley -- as I believe you thought Lidge could win the MVP. But I guess the only way you could ever learn that your thinking is incorrect, is to build a team and then watch it fail. But we know that isn't going to happen. If we didn't have "pitcher wins" as a stat, we would be more knowledgeable baseball fans.Joenoreply@blogger.com