The Yankees owner fired Showalter in 1995 and hired Joe Torre as manager. Then angry fans weighed in, and Steinbrenner ended up in the Showalters’ living room trying to reverse everything.
Book Excerpt: A Yankees Courtship: How George Steinbrenner Tried To Win Back Buck Showalter
BILL PENNINGTON, New York Times: Baseball
Fri, 05/03/2019 - 9:05am
Topics: baseball
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