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'I Pledge Allegiance to the Boss' May 21, 1998

Sam Le is a 12th grader at Jefferson High School in Alexandria, Virginia. As an adolescent male, his favorite sport is not Major League Baseball but Girls' JV Soccer.


I've always wondered whether George Steinbrenner has a Fantasy team? Consider the implications. What if he is in need of a couple home runs, and his best
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The Boss would be a powerful Fantasy player! (Allsport)
power hitter is Lee Stevens? If the Yanks are up by eight runs in the seventh, and New York brings in Graeme Lloyd to pitch, is Steinbrenner rooting for the Ranger's DH to hit one out even to the detriment of Lloyd's ERA?

If he is, what's going to stop him from calling up Joe Torre and ordering him to get his reliever to throw a fat one. The Boss would certainly be an unstoppable Fantasy owner. The Steinbrenner hypotheticals aside, most die-hard Fantasy players would agree that there are going to be times when you root for your Fantasy team over your real team. It begins to get more complex when the playoff races start, though.

David Cone owners may begin to think, "Well, if Cal Ripken hits one up the gap, and Derek Jeter boots it, maybe Roberto Alomar can score from second without earned run." Or "Maybe Jorge Posada will lose the ball between his legs and give B.J. Surhoff enough time to score on the passed ball." Certainly, the error, the passed ball and even a wild pitch become an owner's best friend. Some owners may find that their greatest commodity is not Frank Thomas or Ken Griffey, but a liberal official scorer.

So, if Bernie Williams were up with the bases loaded in the ninth, I would be dreaming of a four-run error.


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