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• Trainer O'Neill to throw first pitch at Yankees-Mets game on June 8

  an 820-acre spread in Ocala, Fla., that her late father, George, purchased in 1969, four years before buying the Yankees. Jessica Steinbrenner , a horse lover all her life, as a child rode one of George's first graded-stakes winners, Big Whippendeal.   Read more »

• The Boss would never stand for this

  landscaper turned executive vice president, who had wanted to congratulate Andy Pettitte . But nothing apparently from the Steinbrenner sons, Hal or Hank, and their silence suggests they too must believe May is no time to worry."If you're struggling, and you're   Read more »

• Mets' spring ends better than it started

  Fla. -- The Mets happily left Florida behind Wednesday after an 8-3 loss to the Yankees at Steinbrenner Field.A spring training that began in mid-February with financial uncertainty surrounding the franchise and question marks about the roster ended on mostly   Read more »

• Mariano Rivera: Closer to the end for Yankees legend

  clubhouse locker talking for long periods to whomever stops by, tapping his heart acknowledging the standing ovations at Steinbrenner Field that accompanied his walk from the mound to the dugout in his first seven appearances, just to name a few examples.Some   Read more »

• Andy Pettitte returns, throws scoreless inning

  finale .And so he did, entering the game to a rousing ovation in the sixth inning of an 8-3 victory in front of 10,813 at Steinbrenner Field."Felt really good to get the inning in, especially in a big-league game," said Pettitte, facing major-league hitters   Read more »

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• I'll Have Another's team to throw ceremonial pitches

  only to hear the voice on the other end reply. "No, this is really Jessica." The daughter of late Yankees owner George Steinbrenner invited O'Neill, jockey Mario Gutierrez and I'll Have Another owner Paul Reddam to each throw out a ceremonial first pitch at   from Albany Times-Union Read more »

• SUNDAY GRAVY: There’s local flavor to Los Angeles Kings’ Quick turnaround

  denies the New York Yankees are for sale. However, Freddy Garcia will soon be available for purchase on eBay. - If Hamden’s Jon Quick has been the backbone of the Los Angeles Kings’ run to the Stanley Cup finals, University of New Haven graduate Dean Lombardi   from The Register Citizen Read more »

• MLB revolution: Changing of the guard isn’t an early-season fluke

  reports of a possible sale of the New York Yankees were quickly dismissed by the Steinbrenner family this week, even George Steinbrenner himself would have to admit that times have changed. We saw the same thing this past offseason when the Boston Red Sox   from Sporting News Read more »

• Perkins: What if the Toronto Star had bought the New York Yankees before George Steinbrenner?

  Steinbrenner bought the Yankees for $8.8 million in 1973, a couple of years after the Toronto Star considered purchasing the Bronx Bombers. ED REINKE/AP The news that the New York Yankees are for sale, or perhaps aren’t , provides a chance to deliver a seldom-told   from Toronto Star Read more »

• Yankees Owners May Sell Team: Report

  worth on the open market if it was put up for sale. According to two veteran sportswriters, the family of the late George Steinbrenner is less than enamored with Yankees huge payroll and the MLB luxury tax and might consider selling the team that has captured   from The Inquisitr Read more »