Steinbrenner rips Yankees

[DaBears]

RIP George, an owner who would do anything to win: sports needs more of them.

 

[ScriptOhio]

Some classic pictures:

Definitely check out this site (great photos): 1970s - Rare Photos of George Steinbrenner - Photos - SI Vault

Check out this site too: A Tribute To The Best Owner In Baseball

 

[WolverineMike]

I just got a message from God, George Steinbrenner entered through the gates and promply fired Billy Martin.

 

[Buckskin86]

Steinbrenner kept ties to Columbus
Wednesday, July 14, 2010
By Jim Massie
THE COLUMBUS DISPATCH

Dispatch file photo
George Steinbrenner, seen in a 1953 photo, was a baseball coach and track star at Lockbourne Air Force Base.

People called to share stories yesterday after the news spread that George Steinbrenner had died of a massive heart attack.

Encounters with Steinbrenner in Columbus stretched back more than half a century and long before he became a near-mythic character as the owner of the New York Yankees.

Steinbrenner kept ties to Columbus | The Columbus Dispatch

Steinbrenner signed Ohio State star Jerry Lucas to a $40,000 contract with the understanding that the Pipers and the ABL’s Kansas City Steers would merge, then join the NBA. The league even printed a 1963-64 schedule in which the Pipers were to open the season against the Knicks.

http://www.northjersey.com/sports/98391624_Steinbrenner_always_The_Boss.html

Steinbrenner was born in Rocky River, grew up in Bay Village and was a graduate assistant football coach under Woody Hayes at Ohio State. Many fans know how Steinbrenner first tried to buy the Indians in 1972 -- and was unwisely rejected by Tribe owner Vernon Stouffer --before purchasing the Yankees a year later.

"George really thought he'd get the Pipers into the NBA," said Cleary. "He even signed (Ohio State star) Jerry Lucas to a personal services contract. The NBA was ready to admit the Pipers. . ."

Then the deal fell through.

http://www.cleveland.com/pluto/blog/index.ssf/2010/07/george_steinbrenner_was_tough.html

“The thing with the Boss, he’s an old football coach,” Jeter said. “He sort of looked at the baseball season like we played 12 games and we had to win every single day.

“We would have bets on Ohio State-Michigan football games,” he added. “I’ve been in trouble a couple times. We’ve filmed commercials with him dancing. It’s tough because he’s more than just an owner to me. He’s a friend of mine. He will be deeply missed.”

In the end, it was all about one thing, really, championships.

Read more: http://www.nypost.com/p/sports/yank...r_figure_JgqrTdi0G46ztQS4fAwi4M#ixzz0temm0b87

 

[kippy1040]

I was fortunate enough to be given a private tour of the "Shoe" in 2002.
I came up for the spring practice game then and ran into a guy who was a
contract foreman at the Ohio Stadium during the renovation then. He invited me on friday the day before the spring practice game for a private tour.

I was allowed to bring my cam-corder for the event and i still have it but the surprise for me was when he showed me the lodge box that Stienbrenner had on about the 40 yard line and that was really impressive to me. I will never forget that time. And its really sad to know that he was turned down in trying to own the Indians. I just wonder now how many World series rings Cleveland could have had. Thanks for the memories George.

 

[FCollinsBuckeye]

Steinbrenner's final salute to an old friend - CNN.com

Those of us who knew Alex Clowson understood that his baseball dreams were all behind him.
We couldn't have been more wrong.

Alex -- he insisted that we call him that; "Mr. Clowson," he said, was too formal -- was the one man in our central Ohio town of 13,000 who had been a professional ballplayer. He had been captain of the baseball team at Ohio State, and had led the Big Ten in hitting in 1932 and 1933. The people who knew him back then thought he would have a shining career in the majors. And in fact, the Cleveland Indians organization signed him to a contract.