Steinbrenner's death is already

[Christiern]

:tdown :tdown :tdown :tdown Ok, the man died (he was 80), but the NYC TV stations are absolutely ridiculous. They have spent almost the entire first hour of their newscast on Steinbrenner, and promising even more!

Many people who have truly made a positive contribution (not just done well financially) hardly get a mention—if at all. I know that sports people probably love this sort of thing, but to most of us this was a man of minor importance—and he was kinda nasty and crooked, too.

Okay, let me have it.

[Man with the Golden Arm]

see, if only you lived in Cleveland ...

[paul secor]

Just goes to prove that if you live long enough you'll be honored as a great man after you're gone - no matter what you did while you were alive.

[Christiern]

If you live long enough and make a pile of money.

[Bright Moments]

see, if only you lived in Cleveland ...

or miami.....

Edited July 14, 2010 by Bright Moments

[Randy Twizzle]

:tdown :tdown :tdown :tdown Ok, the man died (he was 80), but the NYC TV stations are absolutely ridiculous. They have spent almost the entire first hour of their newscast on Steinbrenner, and promising even more!

Many people who have truly made a positive contribution (not just done well financially) hardly get a mention—if at all. I know that sports people probably love this sort of thing, but to most of us this was a man of minor importance—and he was kinda nasty and crooked, too.

Okay, let me have it.

Your lucky you weren't watching the Yes network or lisening to WFAN radio, thhey were treating this like the death of a President or the Pope.

[7/4]

I haven't listened to or watched the news since I heard about it this morning.

life's good.

[Brad]

Chris,

You and I agree on this one. He terrorized his employees and abused his managers. Moreover, he pled guilty to a campaign violation and tried to blackmail one of his players. The team only got better in the 90s when he was serving his suspension. On the baseball front, he made terrible trades, giving away young talent for washed up vets.

The coverage got so bad today I had to turn off the radio.

Edited July 14, 2010 by Brad

[Christiern]

And I thought it was just me

[Tim McG]

Fuck Steinbrenner.

He ruined baseball.

And I mean that with every fiber of my being.

Edited July 15, 2010 by GoodSpeak

[Jazzmoose]

Please just tell me Sparky Lyle is still alive so he can piss on his grave...

[Quincy]

Please just tell me Sparky Lyle is still alive so he can piss on his grave...

"Sparky Lyle likes to sit on birthday cakes." Something along those lines is on the back of his baseball card sometime between '72 thru '74. Although I would have hated someone sitting on my birthday cake in those years (now I'd welcome it!), it separated him from the informational cartoons that said "Jim likes to go hunting in the offseason."

Edited July 14, 2010 by Quincy

[Chalupa]

For Chris..

[Teasing the Korean]

Anyone who has ever worked for a non-profit that Steinbrenner "supported" has at least one great story to tell.

[GregK]

It reminded me of some classic Seinfeld episodes, at least.

[PHILLYQ]

I'm a Yankee fan and the coverage in NYC is absurd- you'd think the Pope, Mother Teresa & Princess Di all died together on the same day! While he was a visionary in terms of setting up his own network and he tried to put the best possible team out there every year, he had a wicked dark side that seemed to overshadow what good he did.

[papsrus]

I haven't paid much attention to the coverage of his death, but Steinbrenner will be remembered as one of the great characters, not just of baseball, but of the late 20th century.

[Tim McG]

I haven't paid much attention to the coverage of his death, but Steinbrenner will be remembered as one of the great characters, not just of baseball, but of the late 20th century.

So will Hitler.

Edited July 15, 2010 by GoodSpeak

[papsrus]

I haven't paid much attention to the coverage of his death, but Steinbrenner will be remembered as one of the great characters, not just of baseball, but of the late 20th century.

So will Hitler.

Hm. No, I wouldn't consider Hitler a character at all in the sense I meant.

And besides, he was early 20th Century.

Edited July 15, 2010 by papsrus

[JSngry]

The cat always struck me as Charlie Finley w/o the soul.

[jlhoots]

My Mom taught me that if you can't say anything good about the dead, don't say anything.

[Christiern]

Just consider these opinions as reiteration of what was said before he croaked.

[Eric]

Fuck Steinbrenner.

He ruined baseball.

And I mean that with every fiber of my being.

living in KC the last 25 years, I could not agree more

we went from packing the house with 99% KC folks whenever they came to town to maybe drawing 15 - 20,000 when they show up, but worse, 2/3 of those folks are pulling for the Yankees

fuck George indeed!

[papsrus]

He was a hard-ass, wore his emotions on his sleeve, made a some enemies along the way, made some loyal friends, too.

But he's well thought of in Tampa for his philanthropic efforts.

He was a friend to disadvantaged children, athletes and coaches, musicians, law enforcement, firefighters, and service men and women and their families. He supported The Boys & Girls Clubs, The Salvation Army and Feeding America, among other groups. He helped build an emergency care center at St. Joseph's Children's Hospital in Tampa. ... an emergency care center for children.

He did some good while he was here.

[BFrank]

I'm a Yankee fan and the coverage in NYC is absurd- you'd think the Pope, Mother Teresa & Princess Di all died together on the same day!

There must have been a dozen different pieces in the NY Times today. Crazy!