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Yankees, Team USA in same boat

By Marc Stein

Monday, October 9, 2006

I typically leave the baseball commentary to the likes of Stark, Olney and Gammons, but I feel the need to point out a potentially overlooked factor in the New York Yankees' sixth successive playoff failing. The Yankees announced a revolutionary marketing alliance back in February 2001 that made Manchester United their sister franchise. I happened to be in New York at the time for a Mavericks-Knicks game and attended the press conference, just a few months after the Yanks won their third Wor ...

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