Yankee payroll at $72 million was second only to the Baltimore Orioles, 9/17/98

9/17/1998, "This year's (Yankee) payroll of $72 million is the second-highest in baseball,

• trailing only the Baltimore Orioles. (parag. 14)...

The five franchises that lead in attendance this year (1998)--

• Denver,
• Baltimore,
• Phoenix,
• Cleveland, and
• Atlanta--

all play in such stadiums. To Steinbrenner's annoyance, the Yankees ranked

• eighth in attendance

• per home game through August."...(parag. 18)

9/17/1998, "The Yankees: Steinbrenner's Money Machine," Business Week, by Anthony Bianco with Mark Hyman in Baltimore, "Why George Steinbrenner may be tempted to sell the New York Yankees"

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