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Steve Serby of the New York Post had a chance to do a Q&A with the new Yankees boss. Of course he is only the new Yankees boss because his ex-brother-in-law got a DUI on Valentine’s Day evening. Some of the highlights. Snarky comments in italics.

Q: What’s it been like being George Steinbrenner’s oldest son?

A: When I was a kid, we didn’t have a lot of money. There were a couple of times he was even bankrupt, which is well-documented. When I was a kid, it was a basic middle-class upbringing in Bay Village, Ohio, before he started making big money. I also worked at the farm, having been in horseracing since I was 13 – mucking stalls, baling hay, that stuff.

Poor bastard. And I had to walk to school every day. Uphill, both ways.

Q: Will this be a fun role for you?

A: It’s the family business, is what it is. Winning is always fun; we want to win. It’s a necessity. If you want to be a leader, you gotta step up. You can’t hide in a room somewhere just because there’s a controversy over the Joe Torre thing or this, that and the other thing. I’m a horse trader, I’m a horse bettor, I’m a horse breeder. You learn a little something when you’re in that business. If you can do horseracing, you can do baseball.

As a Yankee fan I am reassured. Now we can get a soda a hot dog and a quinela ticket at the window. And next time A-Rod goes 0-for the playoffs maybe he can be put down.

Q: New Yorkers?

A: New Yorkers are pretty amazing, I think. I’ll never forget that blackout. The entire city was walking together across the bridge to go home. Not an ounce of trouble. I don’t think that could happen in any other city. It was almost like something you’d see in Japan where everybody works together.

Which blackout is he talking about? I remember the looting, which has been a New York tradition before the Yanks even existed.

Q: Favorite actress?

A: Jennifer Love Hewitt.

Ok I know she has a SAG card, but is she really an actress?