Pitching Socialism

AS a federal prosecutor and now mayor of New York, Rudy Giuliani has taken on Wall Street, the Mob, even a number of powerful city unions. But when it’s time to talk baseball with George “The Boss” Steinbrenner, Giuliani goes weak in the knees.

That’s because Steinbrenner is threatening to move the Bronx Bombers to New Jersey unless he gets a new, tax-payer-financed stadium. In a city that has already endured the traumatic departure of the Dodgers and Giants for the West Coast, this bit of brinkmanship is taken quite seriously. The mayor’s office, in fact, has suggested the city might be willing to shell out as much as $1 billion for some choice real estate and a new stadium.

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AS a federal prosecutor and now mayor of New York, Rudy Giuliani has taken on Wall Street, the Mob, even a number of powerful city unions. But when it’s time to talk baseball with George “The Boss” Steinbrenner, Giuliani goes weak in the knees.

That’s because Steinbrenner is threatening to move the Bronx Bombers to New Jersey unless he gets a new, tax-payer-financed stadium. In a city that has already endured the traumatic departure of the Dodgers and Giants for the West Coast, this bit of brinkmanship is taken quite seriously. The mayor’s office, in fact, has suggested the city might be willing to shell out as much as $1 billion for some choice real estate and a new stadium.