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THE YANKEES REPUBLIC: October 2010
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THE VOICE OF LOYAL DISSENT. Thursday, October 28, 2010. RECKONING BY THE BOOK. The Year of Magical Thinking. But this year I can't but wonder whether defeat, in the end, might not serve a greater good; whether, for some within the Yankee hierarchy, it isn't justly deserved. May they reap what they've sown- a drought followed by the whirlwind. In an interview Michael Kay conducted on his New York radio show, he recently asked Brian Cashman, ". Would you rather he go by the gut? I definitely don't want peo...
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THE YANKEES REPUBLIC: May 2010
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THE VOICE OF LOYAL DISSENT. Friday, May 28, 2010. THE FALLACIES OF DEFENSIVE METRICS. Basketball scorers count mechanical errors, but those are a record of objective facts: team A has the ball, then team B has the ball. But the fact of a baseball error is that no play has been made but that the scorer thinks it should have. It is, uniquely, a record of opinions. In “Database Loaded,” (. Space and audience constrain Leitch from an exhaustive accounting of their infirmities or a thorough consideration of t...
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THE YANKEES REPUBLIC: July 2011
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THE VOICE OF LOYAL DISSENT. Friday, July 8, 2011. Still, those quick to dismiss Jeter's role as a racial symbol, like Robinson or Clemente, should consider the strange fixation TV cameras have exhibited over the years with Jeter's parent. Can you recall another contemporary Yankees whose parents have rivaled the Jeters for the air time cameras shower on them? Examine the list of the elite 28 players again. Does each conjure in your mind an aura of greatness? I don't profess to know the answer to these qu...
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THE YANKEES REPUBLIC: BIG BUD IS WATCHING YOU
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THE VOICE OF LOYAL DISSENT. Monday, March 17, 2014. BIG BUD IS WATCHING YOU. In this country the people have rights but the person has none."- Henry James. In the King's courtroom, rules are invented on the spot; sentences are handed down first, verdicts afterward- a sleight-of-hand assuredly practiced in Charles Dodgson's time, as it is now." - Joyce Carole Oates on Alice in Wonderland. It enlisted a band of would-be Pinkertons who impersonated law enforcement agents. Bought stolen health records,.
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THE YANKEES REPUBLIC: March 2010
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THE VOICE OF LOYAL DISSENT. Sunday, March 28, 2010. CAN THE YANKEES DEVELOP STARTING PITCHING? Cashman didn't want Lily. He preferred Igawa. Billy Eppler, an assistant to Cashman, had raved about Igawa." -. Joba - 2008 - 12GS, 65.33 IPs, 2.76 ERA, 1.30 WHIP, 10.2 K/9. Hughes - 2007- 13 GS, 72.66 IPs, 4.46 ERA, 1.28 WHIP, 7.2 K/9. Cliff Lee and his agent, no doubt, already have begun to ask the same question. Links to this post. Wednesday, March 3, 2010. USA and THE VALOR OF DEFEAT. No battle is ever won&...
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THE YANKEES REPUBLIC: August 2013
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THE VOICE OF LOYAL DISSENT. Thursday, August 8, 2013. THE WRATH OF PONTIUS BUD. The Anglo-Saxon race is peculiarly subject. to spasms of paroxysmal righteousness. [which result] in trial by passion, by terror, by prejudice, by hate [and above all] by newspaper"- William Dean Howells. All men are Jews"- - Bernard Malamud. 211 games, really? Has the Commissioner's Office lost complete sight of the principle of equal treatment under the law or the axiom that the punishment should fit the crime? Its vaporous...
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THE YANKEES REPUBLIC: December 2009
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THE VOICE OF LOYAL DISSENT. Tuesday, December 1, 2009. THE PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN. 40 million in central fund monies (shared national TV, marketing, licensing, MLB Network and MLB.Com). 35 million in revenue sharing (the redistributed proceeds from a 34% tax on each team’s revenue the luxury tax). Perhaps, Uncle Bud, can donate some of his $18 million dollar salary? The articles linked as follow corroborate the numbers above. The Daily News;. The Business of Baseball;. The Yankees' 2009 further illustr...
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THE YANKEES REPUBLIC: THE WRATH OF PONTIUS BUD
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THE VOICE OF LOYAL DISSENT. Thursday, August 8, 2013. THE WRATH OF PONTIUS BUD. The Anglo-Saxon race is peculiarly subject. to spasms of paroxysmal righteousness. [which result] in trial by passion, by terror, by prejudice, by hate [and above all] by newspaper"- William Dean Howells. All men are Jews"- - Bernard Malamud. 211 games, really? Has the Commissioner's Office lost complete sight of the principle of equal treatment under the law or the axiom that the punishment should fit the crime? Its vaporous...
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THE YANKEES REPUBLIC: January 2010
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THE VOICE OF LOYAL DISSENT. Thursday, January 28, 2010. THROUGH THE LOOKING GLASS: PENNY WISE AND CASH STUPID. 8220;And if, to be sure, sometimes you need to conceal a fact with words, do it in such a way that it does not become known, or, if it does become known, that you have a ready and quick defense”— Machiavelli, The Prince. Is there a reason, financial or strategic, that the Yankees suddenly have decided that 2010’s payroll must be lower than 2009’s? Or is the explanation simpler still? Indeed, for...
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THE YANKEES REPUBLIC: November 2009
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THE VOICE OF LOYAL DISSENT. Monday, November 16, 2009. Paul had a sense of injustice early on. If his older brother was in the process of winning, he was lucky. If he won, he had 'cheated'"-. Molly O'Neill, "Coming to the Plate". Now that didn’t take very long, did it? Seldom does the ressentiment of hypocrites and socialism of fools provide more titillating comic relief. Last week it was the Yankees's turn. So Bronx Congressman Jose Serrano introduced House Resolution 893 congratulating the team on ...
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