Who Do You Wish Would Snub Us?

Who Do You Wish Would Snub Us?

By MARY ANN GIORDANO

Duane Burleson/Associated Press Cliff Lee is just the latest in a long line of people who have snubbed New York.

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Maybe it’s foolish for a city of this size and stature to take it personally if a star decides to hang his baseball cap in another city. After all, New York may be the center of the world — but it’s not the center of everyone’s world.
Still, the news that Cliff Lee, the pitcher, opted for the Phillies (and less money) over the Yankees unleashed a torrent of memories of other moments when New York was stung by a snub — the Dodgers’ flight to California; Johnny Carson and the “Tonight” show’s departure for Burbank; President Gerald R. Ford’s indifference to New York in the midst of the 1970s fiscal crisis. Read more…