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September 22, 2008
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PoliticalForum.com
Bruce Ratner sneaks into a lengthy post regarding the Yankees, owner George Steinbrenner's sordid past, their current stadium swindle, and how it all ties in with the current Wall Street tumult.
Almost all Yankees games are broadcast in New York on the YES Network, a cable station formed after the Yankees and the NBA’s New Jersey Nets got into a pissing match with their previous television home and some of that station’s owners. The Nets have since landed in the pocket of wealthy real estate mogul Bruce Ratner, but the Yankees restructured the company with a new partner and kept YES a growing concern. Today, the television network is believed to be worth $1.5 billion (about $200 million more than the Yankees themselves).
Posted by eric at September 22, 2008 3:22 PM