Selig on The Boss: 'We were allies and friends'

July 13, 2010 - 1:55 PM

Commissioner Bud Selig has issued his statement on the death of George Steinbrenner, calling the late Yankees owner "a giant of the game."

MLB is reportedly planning a press conference featuring Derek Jeter and other Yankees prior to tonight's All-Star Game in Anaheim and will have a moment of silence for Steinbrenner. Tributes continue to pour in on Steinbrenner's death, rounded up in this blog post from the New York Daily News that includes the words of Yogi Berra.

---Mike Harrington
(www.twitter.com/bnharrington)

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Mike Harrington

Mike Harrington, a Canisius College graduate who began his career as a News reporter in 1987, has covered the Buffalo Bisons since 1992 and Major League Baseball since 1995. A member of the Baseball Writers Association of America, Harrington has reported on 15 World Series -- including every pitch of the Fall Classic this century -- and all three of the Bisons' championship runs in their modern era. He is a connoisseur of the famous Stadium Mustard at Cleveland's Progressive Field.

@BNHarrington | mharrington@buffnews.com

Amy Moritz

Amy Moritz, a native of Lockport, has covered the Bisons for The Buffalo News since 2002. She has a bachelor’s degree in journalism/mass communication from St. Bonaventure University and a master’s degree in humanities from the University at Buffalo. An endurance athlete, she has completed several triathlons, half marathons and marathons.

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