On the last working day before Christmas, New York Yankees owner George Steinbrenner fired his public relations man -- apparently because he went home for the holidays. With no idea whether pitcher David Cone would be signed or not, Rob Butcher, the Yankees' director of media relations and publicity, went home to Wilmington, Ohio, Thursday afternoon. Steinbrenner, according to baseball officials, was angered and fired Butcher on Thursday night. Butcher, the team's 12th media spokesman since Steinbrenner bought the team in 1973, returned to New York yesterday morning for Cone's news conference,...
