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- Business
- Wall Street Journal
The New York Yankees Are a $300 Million Disaster
Since taking over the family business 17 years ago, Hal Steinbrenner has shown that he has a different managerial philosophy than his father.
The elder Steinbrenner ran the New York Yankees with all the patience of an Upper West Sider stuck behind a tourist in the whitefish line at Zabar's. He fired employees in response to the slightest provocation, frequently raged publicly at his players and never hesitated to insert himself into the day-to-day operations of his baseball team.
