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George Steinbrenner Suffers Massive Heart Attack (AP Update-He has died)
Fox News ^ | 7/13/10 | Fox News Crawl

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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To: Rational Thought; Admin Moderator

AM, please update this thread or pull it.


21 posted on 07/13/2010 6:55:31 AM PDT by Haiku Guy (Gov. Chris Christie (R) won the NJ-6 held by Rep. Frank Pallone (D) by a 15.5% margin!)
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To: Rational Thought

RIP Mr. Steinbrenner.


22 posted on 07/13/2010 6:55:34 AM PDT by Principled (Get the capital back! NRST!)
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To: Haiku Guy

Prayers for Mr Steinbrenner.

23 posted on 07/13/2010 6:55:46 AM PDT by theDentist (fybo; qwerty ergo typo : i type, therefore i misspelll)
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To: Haiku Guy

R.I.P. “The Boss” 1930-2010


24 posted on 07/13/2010 6:55:50 AM PDT by RabidBartender (The hardest part about tending bar is figuring out who's drunk and who's just stupid.)
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To: Hoodlum91

I’ve been a Yankee fan since I was 7 years old. Love him or hate him, George will be missed. He was a moving force in the Yankee organization. Baseball has lost a great contributor.


25 posted on 07/13/2010 6:56:45 AM PDT by ThomasMore (Patrick Henry and Joe Wilson...Patriots past and present!)
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To: Haiku Guy

Comes in three’s:

Bob Sheppard
The Boss
?????

I hope Yogi is Healthy


26 posted on 07/13/2010 6:56:45 AM PDT by Le Chien Rouge
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To: SE Mom

“It’s my belief this guy single-handedly ruined the great American pastime..”

ITA. He founded Moneyball.


27 posted on 07/13/2010 6:57:10 AM PDT by Hoodlum91 (There's a strange odor coming from the White House. Smells like BO.)
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To: Hoodlum91

So is the Ticket in Dallas. George Steinbrenner is dead.


28 posted on 07/13/2010 6:58:13 AM PDT by Republic of Texas (Socialism Always Fails)
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To: Haiku Guy

I’m really glad the Yankees won it all last year. It is only fitting that Steinbrenner went out on top.


29 posted on 07/13/2010 6:59:11 AM PDT by Haiku Guy (Gov. Chris Christie (R) won the NJ-6 held by Rep. Frank Pallone (D) by a 15.5% margin!)
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To: Haiku Guy; BlackElk

Being a good Dodger fan, I despise the Yankees and the smugness and arrogance of Yankee fans. However, Mr. Steinbrenner has been personally and quietly generous to a number of the old-timers who played before generous pension funds. He took care of some of baseball’s great and very-goods who were down on their luck (both financial and health-wise) with stipends and sinecures.

He also loved the game; he could laugh at himself. May he rest in peace.


30 posted on 07/13/2010 6:59:25 AM PDT by Dr. Sivana (There is no salvation in politics)
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To: Eric in the Ozarks

His "second" car....

31 posted on 07/13/2010 6:59:27 AM PDT by Loud Mime (Argue from the Constitution: Initialpoints.net)
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To: Haiku Guy

Prayers to his family and his Yankee family. Definately a sports icon.


32 posted on 07/13/2010 7:00:03 AM PDT by bray (Conservative Women Win Elections)
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To: theDentist

LOL - his character on Seinfeld was frickin’ hilarious.

RIP, Mr. Steinbrenner.


33 posted on 07/13/2010 7:00:41 AM PDT by reagan_fanatic (Never trust anyone who points their rear end at God while praying.)
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To: Haiku Guy; MotleyGirl70; Cagey; Mr. Brightside; earlJam; Rb ver. 2.0; lesser_satan; Taffini; jdm; ..

Grouchy but loveable.

Hope you find the perfect Calzone in Heaven, George!

(Pinging Seinfeld fans)


34 posted on 07/13/2010 7:01:01 AM PDT by Larry Lucido (You can evade reality, but you cannot evade the consequences of evading reality. ~Ayn Rand)
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To: Hoodlum91
“It’s my belief this guy single-handedly ruined the great American pastime..”

I thought that distinction belonged to Curt Flood...

35 posted on 07/13/2010 7:01:01 AM PDT by gov_bean_ counter (Sarah Palin - For such a time as this...)
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To: Vigilanteman; All
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.

36 posted on 07/13/2010 7:01:27 AM PDT by Alberta's Child ("Let the Eastern bastards freeze in the dark.")
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To: Haiku Guy

“Steinbrenner, who turned 80 on July 4, has suffered a massive heart attack. That is all.”

That is all? Well, no big deal then./sarc


37 posted on 07/13/2010 7:01:41 AM PDT by Beagle8U (Free Republic -- One stop shopping ....... It's the Conservative Super WalMart for news .)
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To: Empireoftheatom48

Should I add you to our “list”? :-)


38 posted on 07/13/2010 7:02:15 AM PDT by Larry Lucido (You can evade reality, but you cannot evade the consequences of evading reality. ~Ayn Rand)
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To: windcliff; onedoug

ping


39 posted on 07/13/2010 7:02:17 AM PDT by stylecouncilor (What Would Jim Thompson Do?)
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To: Haiku Guy

He certainly made an impact on the game. Especially with the local tv rights deals that have made the Yankees what they are today.


40 posted on 07/13/2010 7:02:37 AM PDT by Mpatl
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