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« Congress and CBS: A Bad Mix | Main | Just Hit the Damn Homer, Barry » September 17, 2004Steinbrenner for the Baseball Hall of Fame? Yes.Buster Olney points to George Steinbrenner's success as boss of the Yankees over the past three decades and says he should go to the Hall. Much as it pains me to admit it, Olney is right. I can't stand George Steinbrenner. He's a jerk, he's a crook, and he runs the nemesis of my own beloved Red Sox. But there's no doubt that he's the epitome of what a team wants in an owner. His motivation has been winning since day one, and he's willing to do whatever it takes to make the Yankees the best team out there. Granted, his baseball acumen isn't great, and he led the Yankees into the wilderness in the 1980s, but there's no question that the Yankees have been the best team in baseball since 1996 in large part because Steinbrenner has been willing to pay for the best. Without Steinbrenner, the Yankees would probably still have fielded a good team, but it's unlikely they would have run off four world championships in five years, or appeared in five of the last seven World Series. I don't like him, and I don't like his team. But I don't see how you can possibly argue against his going into the Hall of Fame as soon as he's eligible.Posted at September 17, 2004 01:15 PM
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