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Monday, November 24, 2008

TSN: Justice: There’s no way to replace George Steinbrenner

Curb your euthanasia.

There never will be another one like George. There never will be anyone as complex, as full of bluster and meanness one moment and yet capable of such acts of kindness the next.

George was the perfect owner in a city in which fans demand a winner, a city in which fans simply don’t want to hear about excuses and bad bounces. They just want to win.

George was like that. He just wanted to win. Whatever criticisms Yankee fans spouted in his direction, they always knew he wanted to win and that money was never an object.

He didn’t always spend his money wisely, but he always, always kept the Yankees interesting. One of the New York columnists wrote this week that in Steinbrenner’s 36 seasons as owner, the Yankees were never irrelevant. No other New York team can make such a claim.

Indeed, Yankees offseasons were more interesting than most teams’ seasons. Thank you, George Steinbrenner.

Repoz Posted: November 24, 2008 at 12:07 PM | 4 comment(s) | Login to Bookmark
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   1. Leroy Kincaid Posted: November 24, 2008 at 12:19 PM (#3014718)
Yeah, so?
   2. Shooty: Applying to be Fearless Leader Posted: November 24, 2008 at 01:40 PM (#3014726)
Bah. I can't respect Steinbrenner after that bizarre Dave Winfield episode. I don't think baseball will miss him. Hopefully Hank will give us the quotes without all the criminality.
   3. flournoy Posted: November 24, 2008 at 02:23 PM (#3014746)
Don't let the door hit you on the way out, George.
   4. aleskel Posted: November 24, 2008 at 03:13 PM (#3014781)
Bah. I can't respect Steinbrenner after that bizarre Dave Winfield episode. I don't think baseball will miss him. Hopefully Hank will give us the quotes without all the criminality.

yeah, the Winfield and Nixon dealings are sour notes, but as a Yankee fan it's somewhat tempered by other stories about his generocity - the best baseball example being how he gave Strawberry and Doc Gooden second chances when they had been written off. Steinbrenner is loathesome in a lot of ways, but there is a paternalistic side to him that is sometimes quite warm.
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