Thinking About … Steinbrenner

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Thinking About … Steinbrenner

  • Stan_Black

    Steinbrenner's doppelganger in the Seinfeld episodes were amazing. Yea, he's dead, so he's automatically amazing.

  • d h

    “Loved in New York”??!?! A lot of fans didn't like him. A lot of fans thought he was a dickhead, especially with the whole Joe Torre deal. Yeah, he rebuilt a dying franchise, and he was an owner that did a lot for the city, and the Yankees. But his death reminds me a lot of Michael Jackson's death–people liked him for what he was famous for, but deep down thought he was a dickhead. But now he's dead, everyone loves em…

  • BienHoaBaby

    MLB is all about $$$. Who new this better than GMS the III? Mecurial winner. Fires Yogi and Billy (several times) and still wins.

  • Kelly

    The man was greedy and caused our National Passtime to be unaffordable to watch for far too many citizens. Unfortuneately, the business of games for big cash will not die with its greatest proponent. We had to lay to rest playing sports for fun years ago. Now we lay to rest the one who shot the bullet.

  • Gpryor

    How far back do you want me to go to water down your position?
    I played for GS and spent 9 yrs. in MLB.

    Did GS have anything to do with the 2 NY teams that bolted for the west coast for big $? Players never had a say so…they had to move.

    Did GS support the decisions of the arbitrator in '76 (Seitz/(Messersmith/McNally decisions)?

    GS is among a long list of “owners” who lost the ability to treat players like slaves…Hank Bauer told me that his salary was cut when his average dropped from .330 to .320. The owners asked for what they are dealing with today.

    Unfortunately, the owners, including GS, allowed a 3rd party to decide on how their profiits would be shared with the players.

    GS didn't make the rules but he used the rules to his advantage.

    He bought the right franchise and has polished it well.

  • Teddy@TTP

    Greg R. Pryor? From Florida Southern College?

  • Gpryor

    The Striking Mocs…

  • srsct5182

    GS played to win. In life, if we are keeping score I am always playing to win. If some don't care whether they win, then put away the score book. I have always been a Yankee fan and always will be! GO YANKEES!!!

  • mikemacdonald

    Let me preface this by saying I'm a lifelong remember-dollar-bleacher-seats, remember-when-the-Jimmy-fund-sign-was-alone Red Sox fan.

    I grew up in New Jersey – my family's from Rhode Island and I spent summers there, hence the fandom. I remember Yaz winning the triple crown. 'Nuff said.

    Much as I hated this guy, he rebuilt the Yankees as surely as Bob Kraft built the Patriots. They played his first season (1973) in Shea because 'the House that Ruth Built' was falling down. The team sucked. Most of the buzz in NY in the early 70's was about Tom Terrific (the original, not Brady). 161st street was where you went to get mugged.

    The man's accomplishments speak for themselves. I love the Sox, but lets face it – they win because they emulate the Yankees. Huge payroll, rich fans, stadium surrounded by the 'downtown crowd', owner that spares no expense and charges what the market will bear.

    Wanna take your kid to a game, Kelly? Pawsox or Lowell Spinners. That's the way it is. Don't blame it on Steinbrenner. Blame it on Bowie Kuhn and Curt Flood.

    RIP George. Now go join you buddy Billy smoking a turd in hell HAHAHAHA. Hey, I am a Sox fan.

  • Walt Popick

    I HAVE BEEN A YANKEE FAN SINCE 1949. MY FATHER WAS A BUMS FAN. IN 1952 HE TOOK MY YANKEE HAT AWAY FROM ME. WE WATCHED ALL THE BUMS GAMES. IN 1957 WHEN THE BUMS LEFT BROOKLYN HE GAVE ME MY HAT BACK. HE NEVER TALKED TO ME ABOUT BASEBALL AGAIN. BROKE HIS HEART MORE THAN ME BEING A YANKEES FAN.

  • Johnjonna

    I think George Steinbrunner was a creative, innovative, and hard working business entrepreneur. These types of A-type individuals, though successful, are
    never fully loved, mercilessly criticized , always envied, and frequently misunderstood. Despite the misguided rancor they generate, they often give back.
    Check their charity records. the Babylonian kid