From what i just read, had a massive heart attack! 
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July 13, 2010 8:52 a.m. DukeOfUndersteer SuperDork
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July 13, 2010 8:57 a.m. 914Driver SuperDork
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July 13, 2010 8:58 a.m. 4cylndrfury SuperDork
sad - Im not a yankess fan, but a fan of those who can get the job done. The sports world will miss him. His legacy will stand for a loooong time.
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July 13, 2010 9:04 a.m. patgizz SuperDork
i wish they would have let him buy the indians when he wanted to.
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July 13, 2010 9:20 a.m. minimac SuperDork
Is baseball much different than racing? It boils down to how fa$t do you want to go? If something is worth doing, do it RIGHT! Get the best you can afford.
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July 13, 2010 9:38 a.m. nutherjrfan Reader
ok, where's the obligatory Abe Vigoda picture?
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July 13, 2010 9:55 a.m. Hocrest Reader
nutherjrfan wrote:
ok, where's the obligatory Abe Vigoda picture?
All of his pictures are Resting in Peace. Perhaps someday in the next 20 years, Abe will follow...
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July 13, 2010 10:17 a.m. spitfirebill Dork
I wonder if Reggie Jackson will be a pall bearer?
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July 13, 2010 10:49 a.m. neon4891 SuperDork
Rest in peace, and may you take your team with you.
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July 13, 2010 10:53 a.m. NYG95GA SuperDork
He hired George Costanza, which is enough for me.
Rest in (relative) peace.
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July 13, 2010 10:58 a.m. DukeOfUndersteer SuperDork
"He fires people like its a bodily function!"
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July 13, 2010 1:35 p.m. bludroptop SuperDork
I never met Mr. Steinbrenner, but I have family members who knew him well and described him as a generous, loyal and kind man.
My grandfather was buried with a baseball signed by then Yankees players, and the largest flower arrangement in the room had a pinstriped ribbon and was signed simply - "George".
I am saddened to learn of his passing.
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July 13, 2010 3:27 p.m. Woody SuperDork
When I was in middle school, the annual eighth grade field trip was a week in Washington D.C. On the way to the airport, the bus broke down and all the students missed the flight, and eventually waited in the airport for several hours until another (late night) flight with enough empty seats was found.
Once on the plane, one of the kids asked the stewardess if he could see the cockpit and meet the pilot. When he was walking through First Class, with a Yankee hat on, he saw George Steinbrenner sitting there and asked for an autograph. George singed, and asked where the kid was headed. He told him the whole story about the field trip, the bus and the long wait in the airport.
A few weeks later, George Steinbrenner sent my entire school to a Yankee game.
I wasn't a Yankee fan at the time, but I have been ever since and I will never forget that day.
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July 13, 2010 4:03 p.m. Karl La Follette HalfDork
ESPN coverage " George Steinbrenner dead of heart attack " and now back to our coverage of Lebron goes to Miami
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July 13, 2010 5:47 p.m. pete240z Dork
George got to Heaven and everyone had the Bawston Accent like this guy.....LOL
This still makes me laugh.
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July 13, 2010 6:12 p.m. wbjones Dork
DukeOfUndersteer wrote:
"He fires people like its a bodily function!"
he once fired a manager for JUST winning the pennant ... hint... didn't win the world series... tough guy to work for
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July 14, 2010 4:39 p.m. Wally SuperDork
At lunch today the TV was showing a bit on Stienbrenner. One woman at the table next to me said "I don't see what the big deal is, he did what a dozen episodes of Seinfeld and that makes him some kind of god?" I know a lot of people don't follow sports but to live in New York City and not know who he is is just unexcusable.
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July 15, 2010 2:56 p.m. captain_napalm Reader
Wally wrote:
At lunch today the TV was showing a bit on Stienbrenner. One woman at the table next to me said "I don't see what the big deal is, he did what a dozen episodes of Seinfeld and that makes him some kind of god?" I know a lot of people don't follow sports but to live in New York City and not know who he is is just unexcusable.
True, but by the time he was doing Seinfeld, Steinbrenner had mellowed considerably.
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July 15, 2010 3:05 p.m. Jerry From LA HalfDork
Wally wrote:
I know a lot of people don't follow sports but to live in New York City and not know who he is is just unexcusable.
Or a Met fan.
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July 15, 2010 3:30 p.m. MitchellC Dork
He apparently donated buckets of cash to our humble school in Gainesville, so RIP Mr. Steinbrenner.
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July 15, 2010 3:49 p.m. Woody SuperDork
MitchellC wrote:
He apparently donated buckets of cash to our humble school in Gainesville, so RIP Mr. Steinbrenner.
It sounds as if he quietly gave lots of money to lots of schools.
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July 15, 2010 8:34 p.m. captain_napalm Reader
In reply to wbjones:
It was a division title, not the pennant. The 1980 Yankees won 103 games, but were swept in the AL Playoffs by the Royals. Dick Howser was let go after the season
