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Yankees Owner "Blows Up": Steinbrenner "disappointed"
New York Post ^ | 4/18/05 | George King

Posted on 04/18/2005 2:04:44 PM PDT by HowlinglyMind-BendingAbsurdity

BOSS BLOWS UP AFTER 4TH STRAIGHT LOSS

BY GEORGE KING

April 18, 2005 -- BALTIMORE - One dozen games into the season George Steinbrenner has had it with his high-priced and underachieving Yankees.

Shortly after yesterday's 8-4 loss to the Orioles in front of a sun-splashed Camden Yards crowd of 47,883 that stretched the Yankees' losing streak to four, The Boss cried uncle.

"Enough is enough," Steinbrenner said in a statement. "I am bitterly disappointed, as I am sure all Yankee fans are, by the lack of performance by our team.

http://www.nypost.com/sports/sports.shtml

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TOPICS: Sports
KEYWORDS: badkarma; baseball; controlfreaks; curseology; curses; megalomaniacs; neurosis; occultism; superstition; whosyourdaddy; yankees
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To: HowlinglyMind-BendingAbsurdity

Well looks like the Devil Rays were the sacrificial lamb to Yankme bats yesterday - though it is telling that pinstripe pitching STILL gave up 8 runs.


21 posted on 04/19/2005 7:29:53 AM PDT by bikepacker67 (If Humans are Animals, why isn't PETA protesting the torture of Terri?)
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Funny stuff. Keeps the diamond rituals amusing. Either that old black magic still packs a punch or the spanking Steinbrenner delivered did its trick.


22 posted on 04/19/2005 8:07:28 AM PDT by HowlinglyMind-BendingAbsurdity
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To: HowlinglyMind-BendingAbsurdity; mainepatsfan; Lonesome in Massachussets; SE Mom; Clemenza; ...
For a good laugh, check out today's Soxaholix strip.
23 posted on 04/22/2005 7:09:20 AM PDT by bikepacker67 (If Humans are Animals, why isn't PETA protesting the torture of Terri?)
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Good laughs are ALWAYS welcome. Thanks!


24 posted on 04/22/2005 7:11:57 AM PDT by HowlinglyMind-BendingAbsurdity
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To: bikepacker67

I hope those that were worried about Wells and Clement have climbed down off the Tobin Bridge.


25 posted on 04/22/2005 7:20:18 AM PDT by mainepatsfan
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Excellent! Thanks:)


26 posted on 04/22/2005 7:30:32 AM PDT by SE Mom (God Bless those who serve.)
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I haven't heard of this Edgar Allan Poe curse on the Bosox but the word among the table thumpers is that some top-level sorcerers and Jedi are working on taking out the Wankees this year.

27 posted on 04/22/2005 8:08:50 AM PDT by HowlinglyMind-BendingAbsurdity
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