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An Innocent Affair: My Love Of The [Baseball] Glove

Vivian Diller, Ph.D. | Posted 05.29.2012

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Vivian Diller, Ph.D.

Our date nights are worked around game nights; dinner out means a local sports bar, my eyes glued to the big screen. Vacationing during the postseason doesn't even come up for discussion.

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A Yankee Fan Remembers the Boss

Jonathan Weiler | Posted 05.25.2011

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Jonathan Weiler

I was just seven years old when, in January 1973, George Steinbrenner led a group that purchased the Yankees; but, as it happens, it was the beginning of an epochal tenure in the history of sports ownership.

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How to Fill Yankee Stadium's Pricey Empty Seats

Dave Astor | Posted 05.25.2011

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Dave Astor

Given that the team's super-rich owners used taxpayer subsidies to help finance their gilded ballpark, it serves them right that they're losing some revenue.

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The New Yankee Stadium Needs the Old "Voice of God"

Tony Sachs | Posted 05.25.2011

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Tony Sachs

Now, more than ever, Yankees fans need Bob Sheppard's golden voice to make us feel at home in our new home.

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Damn Yankees and Their Pricey New Stadium

Dave Astor | Posted 05.25.2011

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Dave Astor

What's not to like about a sickeningly posh edifice partly funded by massive subsidies from taxpayers who can't afford its ultra-expensive tickets and food?

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