The MFY's have changed forever.

[Mex17]

I really think that the crazy/meddling/megomaniacal gene has passed over Hal. Hank was his father's son in all ways, but I think Hal is different. This represents a fundamental change for the future, in how they operate internally and also perhaps in how they are viewed externally.

Can they be detested in the same manner anymore? Not for the same reasons at least.

[metirish]

Lonn Trost
Randy Levine


What's not to detest?

Anyway it's the organization I detest as you put it.

[Guest Kong76]

Mex: I really think that the crazy/meddling/megomaniacal gene has passed over Hal. Hank was his father's son in all ways, but I think Hal is different. This represents a fundamental change for the future, in how they operate internally and also perhaps in how they are viewed externally.

Can they be detested in the same manner anymore? Not for the same reasons at least <<<

Quit smoking pot. Or start. Which ever may apply.

[Guest Edgy DC]

Lonn Trost
Randy Levine[/quote:3ds0p1vs]
One of whom has killed Mex and is posting from his computer.

[metirish]

OMFG

You just know Levine edited this himself , first line one his wiki page

Randy Lewis Levine (born February 22, 1955) is an attorney who is the president of the 27-Time World Champions New York Yankees, a position he has held since January 2000

[Frayed Knot]

The MFY's have changed forever

From what to what? And what is Hal doing to get the credit but not Hank? And which George Steinbrenner are we talking about anyway?
- in the mid-'70s George was seen as the force behind their ascendancy.
- but by the '80s his continued meddling was often cited as the reason for their NOT winning
- or is he the bad guy again when his forced absence in the early '90s reputedly freed up others to re-build the team
- then, of course, he was back on the white horse by the later '90s as his over-riding presence took them to a string of championships
- but in the 2000s he was just buying players and seemed to forget the proper way to build a team
- and then as he was fading away in the later 2000s it became almost reflex among Yanqui fans to say that if only George were still actively running things they'd be on top again
- and now, at least in your theory, it's his absence and the opposite approach of one of his sons (but not the other) that brought them this latest victory

In other words, you're not only waiting for the results first before praising the method but arguing the ends both justify the means and also somehow prove the means to be noble.
This reminds me of Met fans who decided that the 1996 "drought breaking" MFY winning team was likable bunch too. Those who did either permanently jumped on that bandwagon or wound up getting run over by it.

[Guest Edgy DC]

Has Hal been reading Dr. Sutton?

[ashie62]

I'm not sure what any of the above means but isn't hating the Yankees a primal correct thing to do regardless of owner?

[soupcan]

I have always hated the Yankees simply because they were the Yankees.

[Centerfield]

There will always be a reason to hate the Yankees. If Gandhi were the owner and Mother Theresa were the GM, they'd still be the most evil, vile and despicable team in all of sports. So let's put that to rest.

I do worry that without Hank and George, the knee-jerk, tantrum-like bad moves are now a thing of the past and they will be spending wisely from now on. And that would be bad.

[Guest Edgy DC]

Wait, what did I miss? They're without Hank Steinbrenner?