George Steinbrenner a candid conversation with the exiled boss of the new york yankees about fistfights and firings, headlines and homers and being tossed from the game
"My dad wanted to teach me the value of a dollar. So I raised chickens and
sold the eggs on a daily basis. One time, I went to school accidentally
carrying two eggs in my jacket and they squashed in my pockets."
"The spirit of the agreement was that it wasn't supposed to be a ban. But
within ten minutes of the time we signed it, [Commissioner] Fay Vincent said,
'It is a permanent suspension.' . . . That's a lie! The man lied!"
"Why do you think Darryl Strawberry left New York? Come on! The media drove
him out. He's one of the great ballplayers playing the game today and he
left New York because he was fed up. And I don't blame him."
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