There Will Never Be Another Owner Like ‘The Boss’

July 14, 2010 by Chris Jensen · Leave a Comment

When I received news that George Steinbrenner had passed away at the age of 80, a wave of thoughts and emotions came over me. A lifelong fan of the Yankees, I was 10 years old when Steinbrenner and his partners bought the team for $8.8 million in 1973 in a deal that now rivals the […]

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One Season Hitting Wonder, But Major League Lumber Man: Otto Schomberg

March 5, 2010 by Dennis Pajot · 1 Comment

Otto H. Schomberg was born in Milwaukee on November 15, 1864. His father, Henry, (listed as Schoemberg in the 1865 City of Milwaukee Directory) was a cooper, working and living at 710 West Lloyd Street.1 Otto Schomberg first appeared in a City of Milwaukee Directory in 1880 as a laborer, living at 721 7th Street […]

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