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Steinbrenner's pride, arrogance are classic
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If you want to understand George Steinbrenner to a depth you
never imagined and want to grasp the source of his fall, Fay Vincent
thinks he can tell you where to find the proper text.
"Consult la Rochefoucauld," said the commissioner, referring to
the French author who died in 1680. "He's delicious on this. Look
for the section on self-love in the `Maxims.' It's about pride and
arrogance. . . . It's George."
Before we get to that devastating profile of the eternal
Steinbrenner archetype, Vincent has two things he'd like the public
to know about his lifetime ban on Steinbrenner running ...
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