Hal Steinbrenner continued to sound like an owner of a mid-market ballclub rather than the juggernaut New York Yankees when he tried to pump the brakes on the perception that his team is making profits.

"I don't want to get into it, but that's not a fair statement or an accurate statement," Steinbrenner said. "Everybody wants to talk about revenues. They need to talk about our expenses, including the $100 million expense to the City of New York that we have to pay every Feb. 1, including the COVID year. So it all starts to add up in a hurry."

If the Yankees, one of the most recognizable brands on the entire planet, are not making money, then Major League Baseball is doomed.

The unbelievable statement only helped set up what had been Steinbrenner's constant tune in recent years: He wants

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