[Alberta's Child]

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

Actually, it's quite the opposite. He doesn't get a lot of press coverage for it, but behind the scenes George Steinbrenner is actually one of the most generous people you'll ever meet. Anyone who used to play for him (including many who didn't really get along with him) pretty much has an open offer to come back and work for the organization after their playing days are over.

The Sal Maglie situation also comes to mind. A few years ago Steinbrenner learned that a blind, destitute Maglie was wasting away in a Florida hospital, suffering from diabetes. Steinbrenner actually hired him as a "director of scouting" or some other position whose duties he couldn't possibly fulfill -- just to get him on the team's payroll so he could earn an income. What's important to note here is that Maglie never even played for the Yankees -- and his two former teams (the Dodgers and Giants) apparently didn't care enough about him to do such a thing.

[Doctor Stochastic]

I think that Maglie played one late season for the Yanks. He came in so late that he couldn't make the world series.

[Chu Gary]

"The Sal Maglie situation also comes to mind. A few years ago Steinbrenner learned that a blind, destitute Maglie was wasting away in a Florida hospital, suffering from diabetes. Steinbrenner actually hired him as a "director of scouting" or some other position whose duties he couldn't possibly fulfill -- just to get him on the team's payroll so he could earn an income. What's important to note here is that Maglie never even played for the Yankees -- and his two former teams (the Dodgers and Giants) apparently didn't care enough about him to do such a thing."

Sal Maglie was known as "the barber," because he was always ready to come up and in, chin music it used to be called.

He played for the NY Giants from 1945 til 1955, then moved on to a succession of teams. He landed with the Yanquis in 1957 for a partial season and then was gone at the end of the season. In 1958, after a stint with the Cards, he returned to the Yanquis for another partial season, then retired at the end of the 1958 season.

Career 119 and 62 with a 3.15 ERA; with those stats, he'd have a much longer career nowadays.

Source: SI.com