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Monday, March 31, 2008

Showing Power, but Weakening a Neighborhood (NY Times)

From The New York Times:

By Harvey Araton
Published: March 31, 2008

"The Yankees win. When John Sterling makes the “the” sound hysterically polysyllabic on the radio this season, take a moment to consider at whose expense".

"By the tens of thousands, fans will come Monday for opening day, Toronto at the Yankees, and every game day thereafter to gape at the retrofit future Yankee Stadium that stands, however unfinished, alongside the weathered timepiece that pays tribute to baseball’s past. The House That George Herman Ruth Built and the one that George M. Steinbrenner privately financed, with the exception of taxpayer-financed infrastructure upgrades and a land grab with costs best measured in cruelty".

"Two classic edifices, one season only; has there ever been a more shock-and-awe demonstration of Bronx Bombers power?"

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/31/sports/baseball/31araton.html?ref=baseball

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