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heh "typically steinbrenner, the all-star game is tonight and he still has to make the day about him"

Posted by tRuMaN (aka Truman) Jul 13 '10, 07:18

heh.

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i'm sad he's gone. -- nm - TFox Jul 13, 07:26 15
- I'm sad for the family and friends, but happy for sport. -- nm - Will Hunting Jul 13, 07:37 3
  - I get the impression, from the outside, that he really took care of his guys.... - groiny Jul 13, 07:44 2
    - Unless you were Dave Winfield ..... - Will Hunting Jul 13, 07:48 1
      - he has had hundreds of players pass through..... - groiny Jul 13, 07:55
- ditto...he was a great, great "villain" - Mel Profit Jul 13, 07:31 2
  - huge, huge supporter of the Jimmy Fund every year during the Sox telethon too. -- nm - TFox Jul 13, 07:34
  - nods -- nm - tRuMaN Jul 13, 07:33
- yeah, not a fan, but he sure loved his team. - groiny Jul 13, 07:28 7
  - Agreed. They were pitiful when he took over and made them the Yankees again -- nm - amoxy Jul 13, 07:46
  - Well, and his team won 7 (IIRC) World Series titles while he was the owner. -- nm - Inigo Jul 13, 07:32 1
    - he held people accountable for their performance. - groiny Jul 13, 07:42
  - he was also one smart business man too. -- nm - decline Jul 13, 07:30 1
    - selling the yankee cable rights was flat out brilliant......nm - x Jul 13, 07:35
  - I was going to say, the only meaningful difference between him and John Henry & Co is that George was more entertaining and loved his team more. -- nm - TFox Jul 13, 07:29 1
    - John Henry still needs a few banning from the sport to catch up. -- nm - Will Hunting Jul 13, 07:38
"Billy Martin has just been fired from heaven" -- nm - Reagen Jul 13, 07:23
oh frig me. -- nm - Mel Profit Jul 13, 07:23

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