He used to matter. Or at least he seemed like he did. He certainly was front and center in the media. Now? He’s the invisible man.
Which is a great thing for the Yankees — it’s always easier to run an organization when the drama level is low — but it’s a terrible thing for reporters and bloggers and stuff. I mean, who can forget some of Hank’s greatest hits:
Look, the point isn’t that he was well-advised to spout off on all of these topics. Indeed, if he were my employee — and he appears to be Hal’s — I would have canned him sometime in late 2007. The point is that an unleashed Hank Steinbrenner made baseball a lot of fun for a while. Now that he’s apprently been given a gag order, however, the Yankees are back to being corporate and steady and boring. As it was in the 50s and as it was after Big Stein’s apparent lobotomy in the mid-to-late 90s, the Yankees are once again U.S. Steel.
For my part, I was always partial to the Bronx Zoo. The parade of managers. The feeling that anything can happen with the New York Yankees. Now? The best we get are rumors that one boring celebrity might marry another.
Come back, Hank. We need you.
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- Vinny - Sep 9, 2009 at 12:39 PM
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There’s nothing coming out of the Steinbrenner camp these days because the team is just humming along. Should win the division by 12-15 games. Not much to talk about these days. Looking ahead to the playoffs, maybe a little tweaking here or there, but this could be their year.
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- Dave S - Sep 10, 2009 at 12:51 AM
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Since the whole world revolves around writers, maybe it’s time for Hank to return.
