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Originally Posted by Racehorse
It was a joke. Sort of.
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I know.
It's kind of like when Yankee fans pine for George Steinbrenner, conveniently forgetting the reality of his tenure as the team owner.
After Gabe Paul (the Yankees' G.M. from 1973-1977) rebuilt the Yankees back into a power (which resulted in 2 World championships, 4 American League Pennants, and 5 division titles from 1976-1981), George Steinbrenner's insane temper and compulsiveness with
BOTH his managers
AND his players drove the Yankees back into a pretty good but no longer great franchise from 1982-1988 (7 out of 8 winning seasons, but no playoff appearances), and finally a bad franchise (4 straight losing seasons from 1989-1992.) It wasn't until Commissioner Fay Vincent gave Steinbrenner the boot for 2 years in July of 1990 that the Yankees were able to rebuild themselves back into a power again under the collective guidance of General Manager Gene Michael (1991-1995) and Manager Buck Showalter (1992-1995.)
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09-15-2024, 01:40 PM
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