The Bronx Zoo era was a classic and I loved every minute of it.
The last 15 years have been classic Yankees as well, winning five World Series.
Thank you George, the game will miss you.
Posted on 07/13/2010 6:47:13 AM PDT by Haiku Guy
Fox News Crawl. Steinbrenner, who turned 80 on July 4, has suffered a massive heart attack. That is all.
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Okay...now compare to this... Here's a photo by Robert Caplin for The New York Times from 2007.
This was the guy who once fired the coach in the midst of a losing season, then offered to give the guy his job back if he agreed to wear a paper bag on his head as he coached the team behind the bench. LOL.
“I recently finished a wonderful book on the 1960 World Champion Pittsburgh Pirates called Kiss It Goodbye.”
First, I have to say that George Steinbrenner is the owner every fan of baseball would want to have for their favorite team. Compare him to a genuine, world-class, grade A scumbag like Bob Nutting who seems to use puppet GMs to routinely trades away anything resembling talent for things like boxes of rocks or washed up 1st round draft picks so that he’s eligible for MLB welfare collection every year. Nutting uses Pittsburgh’s beautiful “Taxpayer Park” year after year to vacuum up cash luring “fans” with fireworks, bobbleheads, and anything else made in China so that he can avoid having to pay to put a good team on the field. Red Sox fans can trash Steinbrenner all they want ... if they want to see what garbage is, however, look at the ownership of the Pittsburgh Pirates. The Pirates are as old as any team in MLB yet their name is a downright joke anymore. Seriously, 18 consecutive losing seasons (not all Nutting’s fault, be he’s had sole control of the franchise since 2003)? It pains me to say it, but I’d prefer to see the team move or contract anymore. This is what you get when you cry poor for so many years and do NOTHING to help fix the problem.
Now for the 1960 WS ... I’m only 36. If I had a chance to go back in time and witness anything in baseball history, it would be watching Maz hit that game 7, World Series winning home run against the Yankees. From what I gather, there wasn’t a soul on the planet that thought the Pirates would beat the Yankees in 1960. I’ve talked with so many people that were alive to see/hear that HR. It sure beats talking about modern Pirates baseball :-).
You’re a NYker aren’t you? What’s your take?
Born on the 4th of July.
As not a sports fan, I learned about him through Seinfeld. May he RIP.
Coming from Brooklyn, I have a very hard time thinking well of < spit> Walter O’Malley < /spit>.
You mean like when Whoopie Goldberg said when she was talking about Roman Polanski "It wasnt RAPE rape"
Steinbrenner spent the way you always wanted *your* sports teams to spend. He changed the sport and characterized “the boss” to millions.
You make it sound like ballplayers don’t contribute far more to humanity than farmers, doctors, truck drivers, scientists, etc.
And those cupcakes with the cream filling too. It’s like a surprise.
Seinfeld was funnier because of you, Big Stein. Say hello to Billy Martin.
All I'll say is that these accolades are amusing given that his name was a swear word among Yankees fans from about 1982 to 1995.
Yeah I recall a concert video of Billy Joel at Yankee Stadium in 1990 and one of the fans (a girl!) said something to the effect of “Joel IS NY! George Steinbrenner - he should be shot!”.
Stein probably had a better sense of humor than the soup nazi, lol!
As a Bronxite and life long Yankee fanatic, GS was the best and truly loved in his later years as fans began to appreciate just what devotion he had to the team.
RIP GS.
True. GS has always taken care of the old timers. as the years have gone on, I have appreciated him more and more.
True. GS has always taken care of the old timers. as the years have gone on, I have appreciated him more and more.
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