Steinbrenner collapses, taken to Sarasota hospital.

News Coast ^ | December 27. 2003 4:19PM | Castanza

[ConservativeMan55]

Steinbrenner collapses, taken to Sarasota hospital

STAFF REPORT

SARASOTA -- New York Yankees owner George Steinbrenner was in stable condition at Sarasota Memorial Hospital Saturday after collapsing at a memorial service for a friend, according to the Sarasota Fire Department.

The prominent Tampa resident and philanthropist was given an IV and an EKG test en route to the hospital, and all results were normal, according to Paul Dezzi, the fire department's assistant chief.

Steinbrenner, 73, collapsed at a memorial service for Otto Graham, a Hall of Fame quarterback for the Cleveland Browns, who died in mid December. Those present said Steinbrenner was conscious when an ambulance transported him from the service at the Church of the Palms on Bee Ridge Road.

Dezzi said Steinbrenner, who'd been placed in a room at the hospital, was talkative and was asking for the names of the paramedics who responded to the call.

Steinbrenner's collapse, around 1 p.m. during the lengthy service, might be attributed to fainting, Dezzi said. While he couldn't speak to specifics of this case, he said heat and emotion are typically two contributing causes of such collapses.

The hospital's emergency room confirmed that Steinbrenner was there but would release no further details.

For more on this story, read Sunday's Herald-Tribune.

Last modified: December 27. 2003 4:19PM

[Az Joe]

Round up the usual suspects.

[Cathryn Crawford]

I hate the Yankees.

[ConservativeMan55]

It seems like Yankee fans are few and far between around these parts. I'm not really a fan of baseball.

[Cathryn Crawford]

I love baseball, but I really hate the Yankees.

[ConservativeMan55]

[ConservativeMan55]

[KantianBurke]

still rememeber the old SNL skit which had him, Idi Amin and Saddam Hussein pitching "Weight Watchers." :> Classic. Hope he gets better soon though a Yankee he may be.

[ConservativeMan55]

LOL...I'll always remember him from those Seinfeld days.

[muir_redwoods]

Couldn't have been a heart attack, the SOB doesn't have one. Ditto the brain tumor.

[Straight Vermonter]

Just think he has 5 more just like that one.

[LisaMalia]

Me too...the "calzone" episode was priceless!
Get well soon, Mr. Steinbrenner.

[ConservativeMan55]

Yep.

[ConservativeMan55]

Ohhhhhhhhhhh! Who could forget the calzone episode!

[brewcrew]

It's Bush's fault.

[Sonny M]

As a Yankee fan and supporter of "The Boss", I wish him well and hope for a full and speedy recovery so he can get back to doing what he does best, destroying the hopes and dreams of Red Sox fans everywhere.

[Semper911]

I hate the Yankees.

I do too (as you know).

But if the old bastard dies, it won't be as much fun hating them.

[ConservativeMan55]

I saw where the rats where trying to blame Bush for the earthquake in Iran.

[Cathryn Crawford]

But if the old bastard dies, it won't be as much fun hating them.

Somehow, I'll find a way.

[Pamlico]

His daughter went to Carolina the same time I did. We were in a few classes business classes together. Never met her though. Carolina had large business classes that usually consisted of several hundred students. She was in a sorority and I was not in a fraternity. Her father would have the Yankees come down to Chapel Hill and play (kick ass) the college team in the spring, which I thought was a sporting thing to do.