Word: hanks
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...described as disinformation, made it seem as though baseball had given him a gold watch and a retirement party. "For some years now I have been preparing to turn over the operation of the Yankees to my sons and sons- in-law," read Steinbrenner's statement. "My son Hank, subject to league approvals, will become general partner at this time...
...Hank Steinbrenner, 33, has been running his father's horse-breeding farm in Florida and moonlighting as a high school soccer coach. His baseball experience consists of a limited apprenticeship, not entirely remembered fondly. Dave Righetti recalls that in mid-season 1986, the year he set a record with 46 saves, Hank Steinbrenner proposed that the Yankees' ace reliever be immediately replaced by a career minor-leaguer who had just saved his first and only game in the majors. "I don't mind that from George. He signs the checks," says Righetti, the senior statesman among the denizens of baseball...
Born Stanley Kirk Burrell, he picked up his stage moniker from A's players who noticed his resemblance to home-run king Hammerin' Hank Aaron (the M.C., added later, stands for Master of Ceremonies, rapspeak for band leader). After a two-year hitch in the Navy, Hammer borrowed some start-up cash from a couple of A's outfielders to launch Bustin' Records. He couldn't play an instrument, and he sang with more enthusiasm than finesse, but his first album, 1988's Let's Get It Started, produced three Top 10 singles. And those hits have just kept...
...hopelessly out of date. There are so many other, newer conundrums in the secret-infested town of Twin Peaks. Like who is the one-armed man and how did he really lose his arm? What was the relationship between Laura and the creepy psychiatrist, Dr. Jacoby? What has Hank Jennings got on Josie Packard...
...serious heart problem. The school took him off the roster. Penny sued Dr. Sands for $1 million and ended up immigrating to England to pursue a career in semi-pro basketball. Two weeks ago, during a game in Manchester, he fell down on the court and, like Hank Gathers, died...