Has heart attack, said to be in serious condition.



Thank you
2010 = 28

He was cool in his younger days!

As a Yankees fan since the time I was born, I am officially in mourning.

I am still mad that he tore down the old stadium, but understood why. Damn smart business man.

I am in shock and in tears. this really can't be.

*going to my corner*.

George Steinbrenner was one of a kind-a passionate owner who was out for his team to win and would not tolerate losing from his players or managers. He rebuilt the Yankees from the pits after taking over in the 70's into the juggernaut they are-As a lifelong Dodger fan, George was hardly a fave of mine and I thoroughly enjoyed his rantings and ravings when the Yankees lost, which wasn't often. Nonetheless, I always had a thorough respect for the man, who was out for championships and was willing to pay the bucks for the greatest players and to win. He was a winner and I truly missed him, when he left the scene due to his health.
He was a real character, who was intensely loyal to his people, and did a lot of special things for others which I don't think people know about. One that comes to mind was when some Scottish kids and their parents were stuck in the States following a soccer tournament due to an airline strike-George heard about it and bought EVERYONE a ticket so they could fly back on another plane-A class act.
I was at a local grapefruit league game and the lady in front of me asked to borrow my pen. When I asked why, she told me she was going to get George Steinbrenner's autograph-George was sitting a few rows to our left in general seating-and I loaned her the pen if she would get me one too as I have a great friend, who is a Yankee fan. She returned with the autograph and George signed it in full and beautifully, which I forwarded to my buddy, whom I know treasures it to this day.
George was quite a unique person and once found the operator of a local hotel he owned screwing off when he dropped in. He fired him on the spot and took over at the desk and worked the hotel the rest of the day himself.
George Steinbrenner was perhaps the greatest owner in the history in the history of professional sports, a great philanthropist as well, and did a lot of wonderful things that were unpublicized. He was really special and again my sympathies and condolences to the family and Yankee nation.  1rob

when he took over already we started win championships, thanks to him we have greatest franchise in sports, i went to billy martin mass funeral when i was a kid, it hits hard this one, at least at his time of death the yankees are flourishing maybe baseball gods are paying attention. best  owner ever, he did everything to have my yankees win, he has brought so much happiness to my life. Legend will be missed. Yankee stadium is a 1st class stadium, how they operate is 1st class. never forget the greatest owner ever.

I always thought he was a bit of a schmuck but you couldn't help but admire his desire to field a winning team every year for the Yankee fans and himself.
RIP George!

link to photo memory of steinbrenner

...7 WS, 11 AL pennets.

He was also a Bull Gator!!!

http://www.gatorsports.com/article/20100713/ARTICLES/100719843/1136?Title=Steinbrenner-leaves-mark-at-UF

That championships can be bought.  In the era of free agency, just spend, spend, spend, and a world series title is yours.  (It not only worked for him, it worked for the Florida Marlins and the Arizona Diamondbacks.  But in their cases it couldn't continue.)  The attitude has spilled over into other sports, just ask the Miami Heat.

A smart business man?  Hardly.  His original boat building business, where he first made his money, went bankrupt soon after he bought the Yankees.

He did get in at the right time.  CBS owned the money losing Yankees, and wanted out quick.  Always a Cleveland Indians fan, he just wanted a team, so he got it cheap.  Cable TV had not yet come of age.  But when it did, the Yankees rode the wave, and threw money around as if it would go on forever.  That attitude continues to this day.

What is ironic is that he exits this world at the right time also.  Currently there is no federal inheritance tax, so his heirs won't have to sell the team to pay the tax.  If he had died after January 1, 2011, the federal inheritance tax would be 55% on all assets above $1 million, so a sale would have been necessary.  (They have no other significant assets, except for a cable network that exists only for the Yankees.)  And there is no way the Yankees can go on spending the way they have.  With the new stadium, and all the long term player contracts, they are leveraged to their eyeballs and beyond.  They can't sell the most expensive seats in Yankee Stadium (original asking price over $1500 per game!!!) and New York's biggest industries (stock trading and finance) will be in the crapper for a long time to come.  My prediction is that they will end up in bankruptcy court (just like the Texas Rangers) and A-Rod, C.C., and Texiera (among others) will never see all of the money owed to them.

Nothing personal George.  R.I.P.  My sympathies go out to your family.  But I'm just looking at the big picture.

At least he beat the death tax

as in getting to see tomorrow.

RIP GS

Rest in Peace and may your friends and family remember the good.  In my view he was the greatest owner ever, he did what ever it took year in and year out to put the best team he could on the field.  Love or hate him or the Yankee's he understood what the game was all about.