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xprivatexryanxJul 13, 2010
Thanks for the 27 years of dedication and determination. May he Rest In Peace.
xprivatexryanxJul 13, 2010
37*
radar3dJul 13, 2010
*? Did he use steroids too?!
joefufJul 13, 2010
38**
akchrisbrooksJul 14, 2010
Radar - I don't know why you are being buried. I thought that was mildly funny.
akchrisbrooksJul 14, 2010
Radar - I don't know why you are being dugg down. I found what you said pretty amusing. Maybe it's still too soon.
chikenshitJul 13, 2010
SO HOW BIG WAS IT?!
powermeatJul 14, 2010
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A8FUgN4xYoc#t=1m45s
on seinfeld when elaine uses his mannerisms
fragmasterflashJul 14, 2010
They say you can't take it with you but I think he deserves to be buried wearing pinstripes.
jrod4040Jul 13, 2010
Rest in peace George. Though all sports fans had a love/hate relationship with you and your team, no one has ever been able to question your passion for winning...which means that you had something in common with all sports fans, and even the ones who hated your money respected your effort. And seeing as how you rebuilt the greatest sports franchise in America, well that's a hell of a legacy to leave behind.
trizzleatlJul 13, 2010
I doubt he can read this.
andrewtheartJul 13, 2010
I doubt jrod4040 intended him to read it.
hollowexJul 13, 2010
He couldn't read...
isaacandJul 13, 2010
Most powerful owner ever
anubis2051Jul 13, 2010
and the best...
punkfenixjtJul 13, 2010
Any fan of baseball who says they don't want their team's owner to put as much dedication into winning is lying their face off.
RIP Geroge. While people may mostly know you for how you changed the face of baseball as an owner, your true legacy will also be of how many of the less fortunate you helped. All the scholarships, anonymous donations, free tickets to the military, etc, are your true legacy. Your love for the city of New York and the Yankees is just icing on the cake in my eyes.
casspaJul 13, 2010
*Pour one out for the boss*
Closed AccountJul 13, 2010
Too soon?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YTcZ9THPX1E
jcb08jJul 13, 2010
never too soon for seinfeld
chairshot83Jul 13, 2010
Nope, just the right time for this.
chuckdontsurfJul 13, 2010
Not being a baseball fan, Seinfeld is actually where most of my knowledge of Steinbrenner comes from.
danconiaJul 13, 2010
Costanza was definitely the life of that show IMHO.
cmt5061Jul 13, 2010
I'm a huge Seinfeld fan and I don't know how I missed this, but here are some deleted scenes with the actual George Steinbrenner playing himself.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A8FUgN4xYoc&feature=related
"The real Steinbrenner had filmed three scenes for the Seinfeld season 7 finale, "The Invitations", but they were edited out when the time of the original episode ran higher than the allowed time, and when Steinbrenner expressed disapproval of the plot about Susan's death (they can be seen in full on the Seinfeld Season 7 DVD Disc 4)."
black6xJul 13, 2010
First the "Voice of God", Bob Sheppard, and now this. Yankee fans are taking a beating.
cawpinJul 13, 2010
About time.
vstg005Jul 13, 2010
George Costanza: I think it's time for George's lunch.
George Steinbrenner: Yes, it is. Let's see what I got today. Ham and cheese again. And she forgot the fancy mustard. I love that fancy mustard. You could put that fancy mustard on a shoe and it would taste pretty good to me.
toksterjoksterJul 13, 2010
RIP!
fxspec06Jul 13, 2010
R.I.P. 7/13/2010
George, you've gone far and above your duties as an owner of a professional baseball team.
You will be missed dearly.
:'(
Closed AccountJul 13, 2010
Somehow I imagine this is how the afterlife is going down for him, "Wait... What's that thing straight ahead? Is that anything? Is that Mothra?"Comment is buried, click here to see the rest.
Closed AccountJul 13, 2010
Too subtle?
fetuscakemixJul 14, 2010
No more tables. Just a Lucite table and four legs.
Closed AccountJul 13, 2010
Does this mean the NL will actually win the All Star game today?
cepsterJul 13, 2010
Heavens no....have you seen the AL lineup? Beyond stacked...
gilthanis32Jul 14, 2010
Clearly, sir, you were mistaken.
cepsterJul 14, 2010
D'oh........clearly.
Well, to be fair, the AL Lineup WAS stacked, I just didn't know they would so so horribly
mkriss5681Jul 13, 2010
Too bad it wasn't Peter Angelos.
cptclicheJul 13, 2010
I wish Angelos put the kind of effort Steinbrenner put in. Hey, 4 game sweep of Texas! Maybe things are looking up?
holzpJul 13, 2010
He went out as the champ. As he would have had it.
Think he is having a beer with Billy M right now?
serif69Jul 13, 2010
As Michael Ian Black put it this morning, "Somewhere in heaven, Billy Martin just got fired."
chairshot83Jul 13, 2010
Why did I read that as Billy Mays?
trumpetman4evaJul 14, 2010
You aren't the only one.
chikooJul 13, 2010
Dick Cheney survives after 5 heart attacks.
George Steinbrenner dies of one heart attack.
There is no God.
rolfJul 13, 2010
Dick Cheney obviously doesn't use his heart so it would be hard for a heart attack to be fatal in his case.
notachickenhawkJul 13, 2010
Dick Cheney has no heart. His so-called "heart attacks" are merely clever attempts at subterfuge on the part of himself and his political handlers to make voters believe he is actually human.
byobyobJul 13, 2010
No, I'm pretty sure when he goes in to the "hospital" for a "heart attack" it's because his body has started to decay and he needs to have his team of necromancers infuse him with enough life force to keep him going for a few more months.
arkwaldJul 13, 2010
So that is why those special hospitals are always near elementary schools or petting zoos.
invictus125Jul 13, 2010
Yes, but George Steinbrenner (may he R.I.P.) was a mere mortal. Cheney is protected from death as long as he continues to ritualistically drink the tears of an orphan each morning.
/s
/kind of...
/not really.
diggopolousJul 13, 2010
Well, what's the saying? "don't worry about your first heart attack, worry about your last one."
kolop1Jul 13, 2010
He's going going gone!!!
taxmoreJul 13, 2010
And there was singing and dancing in the street of Boston.
Closed AccountJul 13, 2010
Not really, no. I'm a Sox fan, but I respected the man.
Closed AccountJul 13, 2010
People are digging you down because they're idiots. I know people who have wished him dead for at least a decade and they're celebrating. You don't wish death on someone for over 10 years and get upset when he drops dead.Comment is buried, click here to see the rest.
Closed AccountJul 13, 2010
Why? People did it for Michael Jackson...
Closed AccountJul 13, 2010
assh**es did it for Jackson. If you wish someone dead, stand by it. If you're the kind of person who wishes someone dead for a DECADE and feels bad when they die, stop f**king wishing people would die.
Closed AccountJul 13, 2010
99% of everyone I ever heard who hated him and wished him to die felt bad when he did. "assh**es" are people too (unfortunately). No one wants to be the guy who dances on someone's grave when they die. It's called respecting the dead... because the dead can't defend themselves. As much as I hated Jackson, I too was somewhat sad to hear about his death (then it got annoying and I told my hypocritical friends to shut up).
netantJul 13, 2010
@lolwatermelon
There is truth in what you say, but not 100% truth.
There is such a thing as a (loss of an apropos adjective here) "compassionate(?)", "classy(?)" Red Sox fan. I forgot the specific gesture the fans made after 9/11 (shame on me). I remember them giving Torre polite applause when his brother was sick with cancer. They did the tip of the hat at one time for Mariano Rivera (I forget the specific milestone).
While I hate Red Sox Nation, I'll never put the fans in the same category as Hitler, Gacy, or other representation of inhuman garbage. I won't even class Red Sox fans as low as George W Bush, or Dick Cheney (even though the pricks probably voted for them, twice), or Wall Street banking executives, BP executives, or child molesters.
Its not right to lump ALL RS fans the same as the pricks celebrating the death of a baseball icon, so the comment should be buried.Comment is buried, click here to see the rest.
Closed AccountJul 13, 2010
People who wish others dead over SPORTS are f**king morons and need to get their priorities straight. A family lost a father today, grow up.
P.S. I hate the Yankees, but this is real life.
ostrakonxJul 13, 2010
Steinbrenner alive: "GOD DAMMIT WHAT A f**kING assh**E I HOPE HE GETS RAPED BY A RUSTY CHEESE GRATER"
And now that he's dead, we're supposed to pretend to be civil? Sorry, but death doesn't automatically redeem someone for being an assh**e. If Dick Cheney died tomorrow I don't think we'd see people on digg crying "good night sweet prince" with a positive number of diggs.
I'm going to get dugg down massively for this,but at least I can take solace in the fact that I'm not a hypocrite.
irvin666Jul 13, 2010
Not just a heart attack, but a MASSIVE heart attack.
Closed AccountJul 13, 2010
George Costanza: I think it's time for George's lunch.
George Steinbrenner: Yes, it is. Let's see what I got today. Ham and cheese again. And she forgot the fancy mustard. I love that fancy mustard. You could put that fancy mustard on a shoe and it would taste pretty good to me.Comment is buried, click here to see the rest.
leif777Jul 13, 2010
It could only have been MASSIVE heart attack to take down his MASSIVE personality... RIP
freezerburn666Jul 13, 2010
too many calzones...
kibblesnbittsJul 13, 2010
First Bob Sheppard, the one Yankee George Steinbrenner never criticized, now The Boss himself. A very sad week for Yankee baseball and baseball itself.
wolfie1010Jul 13, 2010
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L3eNPO8nAE0
Costanza, how come these clothes smell like Calzones?
anubis2051Jul 13, 2010
he can have all the calzones he wants now...RIP
powderedtoastyJul 13, 2010
I didn't realize that Seinfeld character was a real person...
/obviously not a sports fan
vinterrymdenJul 13, 2010
/obviously not a Seinfeld fan either
powderedtoastyJul 13, 2010
How dare you.
blumerJul 13, 2010
He just couldn't handle Cliff Lee going to the Rangers.
panteradactylJul 13, 2010
Best. Seinfeld. Character.
Dont ask me why, but I always laughed out loud at his impersinator on that show
mario323Jul 13, 2010
...that was Larry David.
weaponsJul 14, 2010
That was also George Steinbrenner.
philliesphan026Jul 13, 2010
PIZANO'S!!
d1foley_Jul 13, 2010
As a Sox fan, I didn't like the man, but I damn sure respected him because he cared more about winning than money, unlike some Sox owners who are just trying to make money.
netantJul 13, 2010
I despise Red Sox Nation, and yet find it ironic to be defending their owners from an uncalled for accusation from a Red Sox fan.
The Red Sox have the 2nd highest payroll in baseball, and they don't make the profit margin the Yankees do. (Which means they are going out further on a financial limb.) I believe they DO pay the "luxury" tax.
You could make the argument that RS owners make STUPID payroll decisions over money. I remember celebrating when the Red Sox let Manny go, but since Ortiz has fallen apart, perhaps that wasn't such a bad decision anyway.Comment is buried, click here to see the rest.
freebird09Jul 14, 2010
The Red Sox have been a few years removed from being #2 in payroll. A quick google search will tell you that. Also, the distance between even the Yankees and the number two spot has been huuuuuggggeee in all recent years.
slash23Jul 13, 2010
I bet even in Heaven, him and Billy Martin are going to be fighting.
End of an Era. Thanks Boss!
Closed AccountJul 13, 2010
There is no heaven.
slash23Jul 13, 2010
Prove it.
jerrycanJul 13, 2010
Prove that he can't.
anubis2051Jul 13, 2010
somewhere in heaven, Billy Martin just got fired...
phphreakJul 13, 2010
A good guy, but his overspending has destroyed baseball for smaller market teams. I blame the economic system in baseball as the major flaw.
jeltringhamJul 13, 2010
That's probably a big reason he argued against free agency originally. But hey, his "overspending" turned his $10 million investment into a $1.6 billion empire, so maybe it wasn't overspending after all.
But it's a good flaw to have - baseball has a pretty good level of parity, with most clubs able to compete, as long as they're competently run.
billbanksJul 13, 2010
Yeah, like the Cubs..... Oh wait
krazymon2Jul 14, 2010
Yeah I'm a Pirates fan....But honestly I would rather have them lose so I can see games for less then 10 bucks. It has honestly cost me more before to park than my ticket price.
anubis2051Jul 13, 2010
The Yankees lead MLB in home grown talent...you can't say he just "bought championships". Last year there was only one team with more home grown players, the DBacks.
phphreakJul 14, 2010
It's not that he bought the players, but he had to spend 200 million to KEEP that talent. Most teams could not do that.
netantJul 13, 2010
That economic system keeps ball players well paid and playing baseball, rather than some other sport, or more lucrative career.
Its also wildly successful in terms of delivering a profit to baseball owners. I guess you prefer a more COMMUNIST baseball arrangement where the gov't interferes in baseball operations, and major league baseball destroys profitability, suppress player salaries, and make them slaves to small market teams in order to give red state teams "a fighting chance".Comment is buried, click here to see the rest.
jethrisJul 13, 2010
But baseball has a monopoly exception. This should allow for more gov't oversite.
phphreakJul 14, 2010
Communism works in baseball. Why? Because The Toronto Blue Jays cannot move the team to New York and compete like Wal-Mart can open stores right across the street from Target. Let's not pretend it's a free market where actors can do whatever they want to improve business.Comment is buried, click here to see the rest.
fergiedaveJul 13, 2010
The Yankees also have a huge safety net that other teams don't have. If they lose their starting first baseman, they can always go shopping for another one. They pretty much go shopping for next years team at this years All-Star game.
jeltringhamJul 14, 2010
They did a good job of building that safety net, too. Other teams should look into it.
But seriously, the Yankees have shown (along with other teams) that building a team from outside the organization only gets you so far if you bring in the wrong pieces. Look at Winfield, Sheffield, Raul Mondesi, Robin Ventura, Danny Tartabull, Bobby Bonds, Ken Griffey Sr., Rickey Henderson, Kevin Brown, Randy Johnson, etc. - all high-profile free agent busts because, despite excellent numbers, they couldn't put together a championship season. Anyone can buy talent, but in NY you have to also have players with a certain makeup that can handle playing in the biggest market and for the worlds most iconic sports franchise.
True, the safety net basically means a "bad" year is probably 85-90 wins and missing the playoffs, or a wild card berth vs. a 75-win season and a fire sale at the trade deadlines. But the Yankees understand that they can't give their fans any less than that.
obieunoJul 13, 2010
As much as I hate the NY Yankees… this is still a serious loss for the MLB.
R.I.P. George.
netantJul 13, 2010
Most baseball fans probably don't even realize what a loss to the MLB.
Steinbrenner made baseball a hugely profitable business. Yes, the Yankees hog all the good players, but they have to pay money to the other teams for that "privilege", and they drive up attendance wherever they play. If the Steinbrenner brothers can't match their father's business acumen, eventually the Yankees will be in the basement, and if another large market team cannot step into the mix, all of baseball will lose serious money.Comment is buried, click here to see the rest.
jetblackz4Jul 13, 2010
Love him or hate him you had to respect what he did over the years to build a winning team. One of baseball greats has gone on to the eternal skybox.
danielhunterJul 13, 2010
"you had to respect what he did"
No, you didn't. I don't have an ounce of respect for the guy.
And this is coming from a Cowboys fan that also happens to hate Jerry Jones.
trizzleatlJul 13, 2010
Odd. I was just thinking last night whether or not he was dead.
vbullingerJul 13, 2010
Please, don't ever consider my mortality. Thanks.
netantJul 13, 2010
October 7, 2010. You have roughly 86 days to wrap up your affairs.
vbullingerJul 13, 2010
You're not trizzleatl. You have not proven yourself to be able to know when someone will die.
sizzzzlerzJul 13, 2010
Does this mean Yankee Stadium is never going to get that Chicken Beer?
misslindadeeJul 13, 2010
RIP George He was a very old friend of mine. I knew him since I was a teen. Two of his best boyfriends were friends of mine and hundreds of mutual friends in common. EVERYONE knew George! We will all miss him!Comment is buried, click here to see the rest.
generalobviousJul 13, 2010
"Two of his best boyfriends"
wat?
misslindadeeJul 14, 2010
My dogwalker who was 15-16 years of age (when I was a teenager)
and his main squeeze of the 60's & 70's P.S. Who eventually died of AIDS. I brought him, his mother & sister to my Swiss stem Cell therapist. He was the host at a premiere restaurant for many years.
George had two lives. Now that he has passed you may learn more of this.
liuiteJul 13, 2010
it was George Costanza's fault!
gigglestickJul 13, 2010
I hope he is buried in a Lucite(tm) coffin for safety's sake.
mecole21Jul 13, 2010
Thank GOD! The man who single handedly destroyed baseball is DEAD!
anubis2051Jul 13, 2010
you sir are a jackass.
thinkicouldburnJul 13, 2010
Yes, the man who made a team which sells out the stadiums of last place teams and has brought profit to every single club destroyed baseball. It's not like it took him several decades to turn a mediocre team into the powerhouse team they are today. Nope, overnight he just snapped his fingers and destroyed baseball.
If you're going to hate a team for being too good, that makes you jealous.
If you're going to hate a man for helping his team win, that makes you, as Anubis said, a jackass.Comment is buried, click here to see the rest.
jshhmrJul 13, 2010
Well, love him or hate him, he did destroy baseball. Yes he changed the team, but he did so unfairly with an ungodly payroll. That is buying championships, not winning them.
anubis2051Jul 13, 2010
How can you say that when the Yankees lead the league in homegrown players? And I'm sorry, but I don't see how the team that brings in the most money, isn't allowed to then spend that money on the team! That's the way it should be, unlike some teams, who just pocket the money. Take for instance the Marlins, who MLB is considering a forensic investigation the the team's funds because of how little the spend on the team, compared to how much they take in, including a large amount of money the comes from the luxury taxes generated by teams like the Yankees.
The Yankees account for over 25% of all MLB Merchandise sold, money that is shared equally between all 30 teams. Is that destroying baseball?
The Yankees also routinely lead the league in ROAD attendance, bringing money to teams that otherwise have a hard time filling their ballpark. Is that destroying baseball?
No, none of it is. Face it, George didn't destroy baseball, he made it better. Comment is buried, click here to see the rest.
timedoutJul 13, 2010
Hell's baseball team is going to have an awesome free-agent class next year.
fergiedaveJul 13, 2010
If there's any karma he'll be in charge of hell's version of the Royals :)
iamorangehatJul 13, 2010
Is there enough room in Heaven for George AND God? Oh wait.... that's assuming he's going heaven.
nightember79Jul 13, 2010
George Steinbrenner dies of a heart attack? That's like Helen Keller being a victim in "The Ring"
galvoJul 13, 2010
It's Costanza time.
zsaviorJul 13, 2010
WOw he will be missed.
azwethinkweizmJul 13, 2010
LOL OH SNAP
Closed AccountJul 13, 2010
MLB needs a salary cap.
djroberJul 13, 2010
i agree. I'd never wish death upon anyone but now that steinbrenner is gone ive got to say im a bit more optimistic about the future of baseball. In the last decade we've seen so many team's attendance dwindle because nobody wants to see a losing team. Cities suffer because of this. Baseball use to be about bringing up players through a farm system but now all the best players simply go to highest bidder which is usually the Yankees. People have wanted a salary cap for years but it has never happened. I would not be surprised if Steinbrenner was paying off people to make sure one was never put in place. Having a salary cap would really help the lower market teams have a chance of holding on to their players and level the playing field overall. But who knows maybe someone else will just follow in his footsteps.
Closed AccountJul 13, 2010
Cool story, djro.
nepidaeJul 13, 2010
why?
clinojimJul 13, 2010
Because a dozen teams start the season with no reasonable chance at making the playoffs.
Salary cap AND a salary floor.
laserfishJul 14, 2010
As much as I hate hate HATE to admit it, Major League Baseball would benefit a lot from more owners like Stienbrenner (may he rest in peace, the Sith motherf**ker), far more then they would from a salary cap. A host of dedicated owners with deep pockets would contribute to better quality across the board. A salary cap would not only artificially limit team and league growth, it would do nothing to discourage owners who run their teams for profit at the expense of quality baseball.
I always have and always will hate the Yankees, but I'd watch them over the Nationals or Marlins (and only a little bit to root for a tragic sunflower seed accident). We need more of that.
vinterrymdenJul 13, 2010
"I smell the calzone, George is in the building!"
RIP Steinbrenner
chikenshitJul 13, 2010
may he go in pieces
laskoJul 13, 2010
time to eat a calzone in memory.
ferrisnoxJul 13, 2010
Not to mention his baseball teams... He did a lot of The Ohio State University, the marching band, and Columbus Ohio in general. He actually used quite a bit of his money to help other people.
mymindgrapesJul 13, 2010
Bad week for the Yankees. :(
mecole21Jul 13, 2010
woohoo!
mymindgrapesJul 13, 2010
You take pleasure in deaths? How sick.
meedJul 13, 2010
How ever much I hate the organization that he ran, how he ran it, and basically the whole buying of world series.
This guy's leadership not only made for a f**king great character on Seinfeld (George worked for the Yankees at one point on the show), but did everything he could to bring the team he owned and loved greatness (although at the expensive of the game's integrity). Love him or hate him, this is a sad day for baseball.
Now that this guy is gone, perhaps a salary cap can be put in place and baseball no longer will be a spending match.Comment is buried, click here to see the rest.
netantJul 13, 2010
Yeah, you didn't like baseball anyway. Let it die with a salary cap.
nidstylesJul 14, 2010
There is a salary cap.
jurassiknickJul 13, 2010
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