[Vigilanteman]

Don’t like the guy at all. I think he’s an egotistical ass. But I still wish him a full recovery.

[al baby]

He is dead

[Alberta's Child]

I never liked him much over the years, but as time has passed I've learned more about the things he's done behind the scenes that never got any public attention at the time.

From what I've heard, he has long had a standing policy of never letting a former Yankee suffer in financial distress after his career ended. One story in particular was pretty amazing. I may be wrong about this, but I think it involved Sal Maglie, who played only parts of a couple of seasons for the Yankees but was a well-known player in New York City for the Dodgers and Giants back in the 1950s. The story I heard was that Maglie was very sick and bedridden late in his life (he died in the 1990s), and Steinbrenner "hired" him to serve as some kind of scout for the team just to help him pay his medical bills.

The number of former Yankees now working in the organization -- including former Yankees who publicly feuded with Steinbrenner and didn't leave the team on good terms (Graig Nettles and Reggie Jackson come to mind) -- is a pretty good indication of Steinbrenner's generosity and decency.