AP reports Death Of New York Yankees Owner George Steinbrenner

[Dinger]

Source: Associated Press

The Associated Press reports that George Steinbrenner, owner of the New York Yankees, has died.

Update at 9:52 a.m. ET:The New York Daily News, quoting a "high-placed source with the team," reports that Steinbrenner died around 6:30 a.m. today in Tampa.

Steinbrenner, who turned, 84 last week, has owned the Yankees since 1973.

Read more: http://content.usatoday.com/communities/ondeadline/post/2010/07/ap-reports-death-of-yankees-owner-george-steinbrenner/1

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RIP George.

[Renew Deal]

1. .

[Dr.Phool]

2. It's official now.

Reported on front page of MSNBC.com and www.tampabay.com

[itsrobert]

3. Just another dirty corrupt republican

"GEORGE STEINBRENNER, 1989
Indicted on 14 criminal counts on April 5, 1974, the owner of the New York Yankees plead guilty to obstruction of justice and conspiring to make illegal contributions to President Richard Nixon's re-election campaign. Steinbrenner, a major Republican donor, allegedly knew the money he was donating was not going through regular election procedures. Not wanting to appear soft on crime, President Ronald Reagan would only pardon Steinbrenner if the Yankees' owner admitted to the crime."


http://www.time.com/time/2007/presidential_pardons/7.html

[saigon68]

33. He was an UnRepentant Disgusting Dirt Bag

[wuushew]

4. It is wrong if I just don't care?

:shrug:

[RevStPatrick]

5. My condolences to his family.

[Lochloosa]

6. Report: George Steinbrenner suffers massive heart attack

Source: according to CNN affiliate WABC.

New York Yankees owner George Steinbrenner has suffered a massive heart attack, according to CNN affiliate WABC.

Steinbrenner was rushed to St. Joseph's hospital in Tampa, Florida, and his condition is not known, the station reported.


Read more: http://news.blogs.cnn.com/2010/07/13/report-george-steinbrenner-suffers-massive-heart-attack/

[RamboLiberal]

7. CBS News has just reported he died

Just heard on my local CBS affiliate radio.

AP: person close to George Steinbrenner says the Yankees owner has died

Read more: http://www.cbsnews.com/#ixzz0tZQ0U527

[WillParkinson]

8. Wow...

That's shocking. I realize he had a temper and all, but he always seemed invincible.

[Faygo Kid]

9. Here's a link. He's gone.

http://abclocal.go.com/wabc/story?section=news&id=7551966

[msanthrope]

10. I knew he wouldn't live much past Bob Sheppard.....

Goodbye George....the good and the bad. You gave me some of the greatest moments of my childhood, and tonight, at the All-Star Game, the Yankees will do you proud.

[RamboLiberal]

14. Kind of appropriate he died on the day of the All Star game

Well you bought a helluva team for a long time with the Yankees. As a small market baseball fan I believe you were a big part of ruining baseball cities like Pittsburgh but that was business unfortunately and I guess we couldn't stay stuck in different age.

RIP George.

[NYC Liberal]

11. Oh no. Now reporting that he's died.

Bob Sheppard and The Boss in the same week?

RIP George. Glad he was able to see the championship brought to the Bronx one last time before he passed.

[robcon]

12. He was a very unlikable person.

Somehow, while he was in retirement, he resuscitated his image.

I still think he was an unlikeable person.

[msanthrope]

16. He was George. He was good and bad, and awful and wonderful.

He resurrected the greatest baseball team ever, nearly drove it into the ground, then resurrected it again....

A very complex man who truly loved the game. He will be missed.

[NewJeffCT]

17. he was the guy everybody outside of NYC loved to hate

And, even some people in NYC hated him as well. He was a larger than life figure who relished being the bad guy.

[Ganja Ninja]

19. He gave a lot of money to charity and he cared about his players. n/t

[Dr.Phool]

25. He destroyed the shipbuilding industry in Lorain, Ohio.

He starved the union employees during a strike, until they agreed to accept every wage and benefit concession that he demanded. When they finally buckled, and accepted, he said "FUCK YOU", and shut the whole shipyard down, fired everyone, and moved everything to Tampa.

A real peach.

[OhioChick]

13. Awww...I'm sorry to hear this. n/t

[The_Commonist]

15. My condolences to his family.

[SunnySong]

18. Very sad he was a good man who helped my family in their time of need, nt

[liquid diamond]

20. I'm not saying good riddance, but the guy was an asshole. n/t

[RamboLiberal]

21. A little tasteless but a good point made on my local talk internet

show this morning.

Steinbrenner's family escaped the estate tax in this final year of the Bush tax cut.

[xchrom]

22. peace be with his family and friends. nt

[Renew Deal]

23. So sad that he's gone.

He was a great Yankee and got to live his dream. :cry:

[cbdo2007]

24. Sad. He was one of my favorite Seinfeld characters. :(

[begin_within]

26. So are we going to have to sit through 4 days of tributes and mini-bios on the news this week?

[Heywood J]

27. Indeed. Someone worth big bucks has died: let the news orgy begin (NT)

[dsharp88]

28. He's probably firing God as we speak.

"You've been in something of a slump the past decade or so..."

He'll likely replace him with a big dollar free agent from the Angels.

[FVZA_Colonel]

29. Jerry, it's Frank Costanza,

George is here, Mr. Steinbrenner is dead, call me back!

[Odin2005]

34. LOL, some co-workers were making Seinfeld references wen they heard!

[Bombero1956]

30. How very sad and at the same time how typical of him

That he should pass on the day of the All Star game, still trying to be bigger than the game itself. Sorry to hear of his passing but in all fairness I have to say that he singlehandedly did more to ruin the game of baseball than anyone I know of. The outrageous salaries paid by him caused the other owners to pay more just to keep up and as a result brought the cost of going to a game beyond the means of most families. The cost of a ticket in 1973 when he became majority owner was $4 and today the cost is $80. While the players have a share of the blame for the state of today's game, George was the main culprit. His fans applauded his win-at-all-costs style. His detractors blamed him for spiraling salaries and wrecking baseball's competitive balance. Consider this: Over the years the Yankees spent $1.8 billion on free agent salaries more than double the next closest team.

[begin_within]

31. And what about the House that Ruth Built?

Could it be argued that Steinbrenner caused the destruction of a shrine of baseball?

[BeyondGeography]

32. You could hate him at times (I did), but he was a sports team owner

and he wanted his team to win, childlike, yes, but also quite human in the end.

Compare him with the faceless, nameless executives who run up the score for a few years and then leave, and George starts to look a little better. You can call him a lot of names, but quick-buck artist wasn't one of them.

And when you get under the surface a little more, you see that he was there for the players in a way that few owners ever are. After their careers were over and their personal lives went into tailspins. Ask Darryl Strawberry and Dwight Gooden what they think of George.

As for the Yankees "ruining" baseball via high salaries, too simplistic. There is no salary cap in baseball, so the richer teams have been outperforming the less wealthy teams for many years. No team has repeated in the World Series since 2000, and during that time the Diamondbacks, Angels, Marlins, White Sox, Cardinals, Phillies and Red Sox have all won.

As for the Stadium getting torn down, that hurt. But at least he only moved across the street. Could've been much worse (in the 80's, George was threatening to bolt to New Jersey).

[Odin2005]

35. Damn Yankees, they even killed their owner!

RIP, Mr. Steinbrenner