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Wednesday, Aug. 19, 1987/University Daily Kansan
Steinbrenner miffs NY fans
The Associated Press
The ghost haunting Yankee Stadium these days does not belong to Ruth or Gehrig. It belongs to a man who is alive but is killing his team.
Analysis
George Steinbrenner is at it again. He's not talking to Manager Lou Piniella. He's mad at Don Mattingly. He thinks the New York Yankees' attitude stinks.
Just imagine now upset Steinbran-
ner would be if his injury-crippled,
pitching-poor team was more than
three games out of first place in the
best division in baseball. (AP)
Even in New York City, where strange things are encouraged, the natives are restless. And people in other parts think the whole mess is stupid. The scene has grown too familiar and too old — even without all those crazy rumors about Billy coming back.
The city tabloids that used to blaze back-page headlines about hot controversy are now filled with editorials telling Steinbrener to cool it. A poll in one newspaper indicated 95 percent sided with Piniella over the owner.
Guess who got one of the biggest cheers during the weekend in the Bronx, where the Yankees lost two of three to Cleveland? A fan behind home plate who held up signs saying "Tress The Rose" and "Bull Out."
See, it's as if Steinbruner told his team and the rest of the world last week when he feud with Pinielia approached the boiling point.
"In the end, I'll win," he said. "I
always do."
Of course he does. He owns the team. It's his ball and ballclub, and if people don't want to play his way, then they can't play — or manage.
then they play
There have been 13 managerial changes since Steinbruner bought the Yankees in 1973.
A month ago, Pinella appeared certain to become the first Yankees manager to make it through two consecutive years since Martin survived in 1976-77 (not even winning the 1977 World Series enabled Martin to last through the 1978 season). That was until the team slipped out of first place recently, when injuries to Rickey Henderson and Willie Randolph became too much to overcome.
Then, all this Steinbrener-Pinella business flared up. Last week, Steinbrener proclaimed he might have given by hiring Pinella in the first place.
Pinilla has done wonders with this team. He may not be the best manager in terms of in-game strategy, but he commands the respect of his players.
Throughout this mess, Piniaille kept calm on the outside and handled himself amazingly well. Unlike easy-going predecessors such as Yogi Berra, Gene Michael and Bob Lemon, who showed stress when Steinbrenner steamed, Piniaille still can laugh in the Yankees' locker room.
The players, many of them accustomed to this kind of stuff, say the upstairs meddling does not bother them. Dave Righetti and Tim Stoddard play their nerd basketball. Ron Guidry plays his drums and Gary Ward plays his mind games.
Oh, there was that little bonfire in the Yankees' clubhouse in Detroit recently when the guys got together and burned a written, page-long statement from Steinbrenner in which he blasted Piniella.
And there was that time in Cleveland when Mattingly said he could envision a time in the not-too-distant future when he would grow weary of the constant shenanigans and go play somewhere else. That came shortly after Mattingly tied a major-league record by homering in eight straight games, a streak Steinbrenner said distracted Mattingly and the team from winning games.
Perhaps the craziest thing is that for all his ranting and raving, Stein-
He was the first owner to figure out free agency and use it to his advantage, building World Series winners in 1977-78 with Catfish Hunter, Reggie Jackson and Rich Goosage, among others.
But, many of the good steps Steinbrenner has accomplished have been buried in his own avalanche of commotion. Part of that is caused by his football background, a mentality learned as an assistant coach at Purdue and Northwestern where any signs of trouble must be instantly corrected and rah-rah is part of the game.
in baseball, where there are 162 games stretched from spring to fall, patience is an important yet highly elusive virtue.
But, nobody is around who willis willing or able to tell Steinbrenner that, or make him listen. Nevermind the Yankees have not been in the World Series since 1881 or won it since 1978.
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