R.I.P George Steinbenner

I didn't know he was in the Air Force. He was smarter then I knew.

He was forever immortalized thru the Seinfield episodes. I liked that he wasn't so greedy and spent the money to keep winning.

RIP George.

 

One of the worst and then one of the best owners of all-time.

RIP.

 

The current Steinbrenner isn't the one I recall, the one I remember fired Billy Martin at a press conference where he was introducing Billy Martin.

He was a colourful dude, I used to enjoy listening to him when things weren't going right for the Yankees.

 

Say what you will about King George but he wanted nothing more then to win. He was an opportunist to a degree but I think most people would be thrilled with an owner that was obsessed with winning. I know I would have been thrilled if he owned the Mets.

RIP.

 

....I am glad he stuck to building ships!

 

One statistic will NEVER be broken.
He fired 23 managers in 20 years.
Good thing he had never ending revenue at his fingertips or the Yanks would never have had a winning season in those 20.

 

Ahhh, the never ending naivety of the competition.....its this ignorance of understanding who he hired to make decision on and off the field that exactly was behind why he was the head of 7 Championship.

Opponents will forever be blind to his true mastery of playing the game within the game especially in the FA era. I love it, the "buying Championships" line never gets old.

 

To even insinuate the two are the same is being disingenuous . The yankees are able to field an all-star team because they make more money than everyone else, The heat did it by being smarter than everyone else and being fiscally responsible in the years leading up to this FA period. The yankees don't know what the word fiscal management means when it comes to their player payroll.

 

The Boss will be missed.

 

Considering Jeter and A-Rod alone make more money than some team's entire pay roll, i doubt the Yankees would be doing quite as well if there was a salary cap in place.

Again, the heat didn't "buy" anything, we have the same amount of money to work with as any other team in the league, we just used it more wisely.

Every year in baseball you know if a star player is leaving his team, the #1 favorite to get him is automatically the yankees, not because they are the best team necessarily, but ebcause they can just throw money at people. like last free-agency, the Yankees needed pitchers, they just went out and bought the two best FA pitchers available on top of their already enormous pay roll. What other team in the majors can do that than MAYBE the red sox?

A league where only two teams have a chance to become consistently competitive is a boring one. every other team in the majors has to go through rebuilding years, the yankees just buy everyone.

 

Thread Officially Derailed.

 

It never gets old....I love it.

 

Fair enough, I'll post my response in the Yankee thread.

RIP George, could never say he didn't do all he could to win.

 

Oh, please dont clutter that thread with nonsense!

 

too late, I am ignoring the retreaded ignorance....its George's day.

 

Steinbrenner, a Cleveland native, tried to buy the Indians but they wouldn't sell so he bought the Yankees instead.

Such is the life of a Cleveland fan...

 

Never met the man, but i sure did respect what he did for my favorite baseball team. RIP George.

He surely was the player to benamed later in the Bob shepherd trade. Hopefully he doesnt fire billy again up there.

 

Yup....plus boyhood friends till the end with Otto Graham, ran ABA championship Basketball team for Ohio. Worked under Woody Hayes as asst football coach, College Track Athlethe and Halfback, turned around family shipping business, dabbled in Broadway promotions, etc....amazing life really.

 

Seriously?

Damn. Just... Damn, bro.

 

Seriously, the books written about him tell many amazing stories.

 

Nah, was just a PR stunt....God told him, "George, in this relationship, you are Billy Martin"

 

Thanks for everything Geroge! You made it exciting to grow up a Yankee Fan! You will be missed! I am glad we the Yankees got one last title for you! You deserve it!

 

The man loved his Calzones.

 

Big Stein!

 

RIP George. Babe Ruth, Lou Gehrig, etc and all the boys are patting you on the back right now

 

Regarding the money/payroll thing, look the guy was any fan's dream owner. He actually cared about winning and he put money back into the team. It was a business to him but winning was his ultimate goal no matter what and for that I don't know how anyone can't respect him for that. Yeah he had his ups and downs and at times did some unethical things to get and stay on top but again he did it to win. Most of the owners today just care about the bottom line and filling their pockets with money and they wouldn't bend over backwards for the good or the franchise or fan base. Not George though.

It is also important to note that he was extremely giving in terms of charity work and dealing with kids.

 

just some of the many....

 

Well, as for his life's work, the Yankees, new stadium (many forget he remodeled the old one back in the early 70's) and 7 Titles in 40 yrs or so, and he made the Yankees relevant again, back in the late 60's/early 70's the Amazing Mets were a much better franchise than the Yankees.

I hope he got a kick out of his portrayal on Seinfeld, but he was that sort of man, imho he may have lived in Ohio but he really became the sort of brash, hot headed, loud mouthed New Yawker that is the characterization.

As for the team itself, people should keep in mind that several Vet yankees have long term deals, A-Rod, Tex, in a MLB with no more HGH and guaranteed contract money, sooner or later they will have that albatross to bare.

On a lighter note, i'm surprised he did not have a massive heart attack after the BoSox came back in the 04 ACS..