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Hal Steinbrenner is never selling the Yankees. Hate to break it to everyone. It makes zero financial sense for him to do so. George Steinbrenner paid $8.8M for the Yankees in 1973. The franchise is worth roughly $11B today.. That is one of the greatest capital appreciation trades in American financial history and Hal is doing everything in his power to never cash it in. A sale today generates a $9.4B taxable gain and a $3.5B tax bill at blended federal and New York rates. Hal isn’t writing a $3.5B check to Uncle Sam. So he’s not selling. The Steinbrenner family will borrow against the franchise instead. Loan proceeds aren’t taxed as income income. The interest is deductible. The asset keeps compounding. You’ve unlocked liquidity from the appreciation without triggering a taxable event that would cost you $3.5B. The Yankees did $705M in revenue last year and reported $7M in EBITDA. A business generating $705M and barely breaking even is not mismanaged. It is managed precisely. Every depreciation schedule, every interest payment, every deductible expense is sheltering income that would otherwise get taxed. The accounting losses are a feature. Hal will pass the franchise to his kids at a stepped-up basis and they will run the exact same play. Think of it this way: Hal is sitting on an asset worth $11B that he effectively inherited for free. If he sells, he hands $3.5B to the government. If he never sells, he borrows against it, lives off the proceeds, deducts the interest, and eventually passes it to his children at full value without anyone ever paying the tax. The Yankees payroll debate is a distraction. Hal isn’t running a baseball team. He owns a generational wealth vehicle that just happens to play baseball.

Police say a 28-year-old California man allegedly bought expensive LEGO sets, kept the pieces and returned the boxes filled with dry pasta. Authorities say the scheme was repeated about 70 times nationwide before he was caught.

@StandingHannah Dude’s got space for favourites. You will always be one of his special people.

One of the coolest parts of the very crappy world is that I am the boy’s favourite person right now. I know it won’t last but I am soaking up every time he beams at me or hold on to me right now. #autism

I was thinking of him while watching the Brewers play, because they have a guy named Garrett. Mitchell? sportsnet.ca/mlb/article/ou…?

So now Doug Ford wants to make attendance up to 15% of a student’s grade? Here’s the reality absenteeism isn’t the problem. It’s a symptom. Mental health struggles. Family pressures. Disengagement. You don’t fix that by punishing kids. You fix it by understanding it. Doug Ford needs to stay out of education he clearly doesn’t understand it. Maybe try listening to actual teachers and educators in Ontario instead of bringing in outside consultants who don’t live this system every day.

Tina got fired. She was suggesting that a few billion dollars of taxpayer money could have gone "missing" and wound up in some dodgy investments. My own review of her work and a look at the "bailouts" occurring in the TO real estate market suggest she was onto something. Something - as in billions. @TinaYazdani

Wow. cnn.com/2026/04/14/sty…

@raghu_venugopal I’m so sorry. Joey was family. Joey lives on in you all.

It’s going to be hard tonight to come home at 330AM and not have this face waiting for me at the door. I miss Joey so much already. In sickness and health he always came to the door at the quiet sound of my keys.

Rory McIlroy is an investor in Whoop, wears one of the company's wristbands while playing, and allows the brand to share his data periodically. Here are some of his Masters highlights: • 24,000+ steps on Sunday • 91,000+ steps during the tournament Rory's heart rate spiked to 135 BPM during his tee shot on 18, dropped to 121 BPM during his approach shot, fell further to 105 BPM during his winning putt, and then jumped back up to 150 BPM during his celebration. His resting heart rate for the week was 47-49 BPM. Rory says he follows a strict routine during the PGA Tour season to ensure proper rest and recovery: • No caffeine after 2 PM • Last meal at least 2 hours before bed • Magnesium and theanine for sleep quality • Blue-light-blocking glasses in the evening • Sauana or Epsom salt bath when available • Cool room temperature for sleep He follows the same three-hour routine before every round: arrive at the course → warm up in the gym → eat breakfast → hit balls on the range → putting green. Rory says he believes his focus on longevity will help him play another 10+ years at a high level, and his physiological age on Whoop is now 1.5 years younger than his actual age. Plus, it turned out to be a pretty good investment. Rory initially invested in Whoop in 2020 when the company was valued at $1.2 billion. While we don't know exactly how much he invested, Whoop recently raised another round at a $10.1 billion valuation. That's an 8.4x multiple in five years. Not bad, not bad.

@KristinRaworth YES!!!

Tomorrow is my first day at my new job. I’m excited and nervous and I feel so lucky for this opportunity. After almost six months without a job I cannot tell you how thankful I am. It’s been tough financially, emotionally and I was starting to lose hope. I am so happy I got the break I needed. I wish that for everyone struggling to find work and get by.

It was a great first day on the job!

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@LukeWahl What about the early 80s Yankees? Davey Collins and Ken Griffey Sr. sitting on the bench a lot of the time.

Everyone says the Dodgers are ruining baseball. The 2007 Yankees did it better.

Why not? The illegal ones are, and I can buy beer and coolers at 7 AM at my local fortino’s. toronto.citynews.ca/2026/04/11/pro…