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George Steinbrenner was known as “The Boss.” To my dad, George Steinbrenner really was the boss. For a couple of years. In the early 1980’s, the heyday of the Steinbrenner World Domination Tour, my father worked in the front office for the New York Yankees. My dad grew up as a fan of the pinstripes, across the river in Jersey City, New Jersey, so working for the Yankees was a dream come true. Working for George Steinbrenner, well that’s another story. Mr. Steinbrenner, as I called him the one time I answered the phone at our apartment and he was on the other line, passed away Tuesday at the age of 80. George and I didn’t have too many one-to-one’s when my dad was with the team.  He was too busy firing managers. So unfortunately I don’t have any of those juicy first hand George Steinbrenner stories that best selling books are made of. But I do have some stories about me. (I guess that’s like, Michael Crawford won’t be here tonight.  So playing the role of The Phantom is Shecky ...

Bill Buckner played an incredible 22 seasons in the major leagues. He piled up 2715 hits, with 174 home runs and 1208 runs batted in. In 1980 he posted a career-high .324 batting average, which led the National League. In 1982 he hit .306 with 15 homers and 105 RBI. When he hung up his cleats for the final time, Buckner had played in an amazing two thousand, five hundred and seventeen games. 2517 games, tying him for 47 th all-time in the HISTORY of baseball. But even with those impressive numbers, William Joseph Buckner is known for just one thing. Well two things if you count having the best mustache this side of Tom Selleck. But by far, Billy Buck is known for letting the ball go through his legs in the 10 th inning of Game 6 of the 1986 World Series. If you don’t believe me, type BILL BUCKNER ERROR into your Google search window. In .20 seconds you will get “about” 28,200 results. In case you were hibernating in the fall of 1986, Buckner was playing first base for the Boston R...