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- <text id=89TT0314>
- <title>
- Jan. 30, 1989: American Notes:Baseball
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- <history>
- TIME--The Weekly Newsmagazine--1989
- Jan. 30, 1989 The Bush Era Begins
- </history>
- <article>
- <source>Time Magazine</source>
- <hdr>
- NATION, Page 31
- American Notes
- BASEBALL
- Ninth-Inning Pardon
- </hdr><body>
- <p> Few fans of the embattled New York Yankees are inclined to
- be merciful toward the team's loudmouthed and intrusive owner,
- George Steinbrenner. But last week Steinbrenner was officially
- forgiven and rehabilitated by an old sportscaster -- Ronald
- Reagan. In one of his last official acts as President, Reagan
- pardoned Steinbrenner for illegally funneling $100,000 to
- Richard Nixon's 1972 presidential re-election campaign, for
- which the boss had been fined $15,000 and banned from the
- Yankees' management for 15 months. Said Steinbrenner, who is
- better known for berating players and managers than offering
- thanks: "I am very grateful."
- </p>
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- </body></article>
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