Hal is voice in NYC, not Hank--Newsday

(Newsday): "The word is that Hank Steinbrenner missed the All-Star festivities because he's in the middle of moving into a new house in the Tampa area, and because he was spending time with his children.

• We can't really crush him over that, right? But how can we overlook the fact that the elder Steinbrenner son has been to

• precisely three games this year -- the first three games of the season -- when he speaks out so regularly and so brashly?

• Hank clearly can talk the talk. But can he walk the walk? It's his younger brother Hal who makes the near-weekly commute from Tampa to New York, and who is much more tapped in to the Yankees' moves and philosophies."...

(Ken Davidoff writes Hank may be entertaining but can't be called George Steinbrenner's replacement yet).

• (Newsday, continuing): "Speaking of Steinbrenner family high jinks, the Tampa-based Yankees employees were amused that Felix Lopez, the husband of younger daughter Jessica Steinbrenner,

• waved at fans as he rode in George Steinbrenner's golf cart before the All-Star Game.

• "Who was he waving to?" was the question of the day at Legends Field and the Yankees' minor-league complex. "Nobody in New York City knows who he is!"

Of course, Lopez is also the guy who, during spring training, would drive his car out of the players' lot at Legends and

• sign autographs for fans who didn't know him, either."...

From Newsday column by Ken Davidoff, "Hank's Presence a Little Overstated So Far," 7/20/08

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