Massive Heart Attack For Steinbrenner

[TransMonk]

Breaking News: http://abclocal.go.com/wabc/story?section=news&id=7551966

I'm sure more to come.

[ashie62]

Not good.

[MFS62]

Update: TV reports are that he has passed away.
Later

[Guest Edgy DC]

Wow.

A pulse runs through everything, but we hardly ever know.

[Guest metsguyinmichigan]

AP reporting that he's died.

[Ceetar]

Not really a surprise, as he's been slipping for years, but he was certainly an entertaining character.

the whole "in threes" thing has you wondering though.

[Centerfield]

Rumors are his last words were "At least Bob Sheppard still lives..."

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

Be careful out there, Yogi.

Geez.

[Guest metsguyinmichigan]

Bad week to be an MFY legend. Luckily Yogi has an aura of Met-ness to protect him.

[Ceetar]

John Cougar Lunchbucket wrote: Be careful out there, Yogi. Geez.

Hmm, as Yogi would say regarding heaven/afterlife/etc "No one goes there anymore, it's too crowded"

[Guest Edgy DC]

Hey, it ain't over, so it ain't over.

[Benjamin Grimm]

Centerfield wrote: Rumors are his last words were "At least Bob Sheppard still lives..."

I know it's passe, but I'm bullet-of-cooling this.

[Guest LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr]

Ceetar wrote: John Cougar Lunchbucket wrote: Be careful out there, Yogi. Geez. Hmm, as Yogi would say regarding heaven/afterlife/etc "No one goes there anymore, it's too crowded"

Is that where George is headed, now?

[Benjamin Grimm]

Steinbrenner dies from heart attack MLB.com 07/13/10 9:50 AM ET Yankees principal owner and chairperson George Steinbrenner died Tuesday morning, reportedly after suffering a massive heart attack. The Yankees confirmed Steinbrenner's death in a release issued Tuesday. Steinbrenner was rushed to St. Joseph's hospital in Tampa, Fla., on Monday night, according to reports in New York and Tampa. Steinbrenner turned 80 on July 4.

[Ceetar]

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr wrote: Ceetar wrote: John Cougar Lunchbucket wrote: Be careful out there, Yogi. Geez. Hmm, as Yogi would say regarding heaven/afterlife/etc "No one goes there anymore, it's too crowded" Is that where George is headed, now?

Maybe He's going somewhere to relive the 1990 Yankees season over and over again.

[Theoldmole]

Here's a story from a friend.

I have to remember something he did for my son's Little League team--one of the team was diagnosed with Ewing's Sarcoma and had had his leg amputated the knee ending his career in baseball. When Steinbrenner heard about this he invited the entire team to Yankee Stadium, gave them seats above the dug out, took them into a private club area and had them meet the team.

[MFS62]

In honor of his passing, at the All Star Game tonight, they're going to fire somebody.

Later

[Willets Point]

I don't have many charitable things to say about Steinbrenner's life, may he rest in peace.

I expect the ASG will be a glurgefest and the Yankees will be expected to win a World Series "for the Boss" now.

[smg58]

From my perspective, he was sort of like Darth Vader or The Joker. Of course you hate him because he's the villain, but things are more entertaining when he's gets camera time.

Love him or hate him though, every baseball owner should care as much about winning as Steinbrenner did.

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

Steinbrenner wasn't about winning as much as he was about the death of competition. He was a bully and a cheater his whole life.

[ashie62]

This passing will make the MFY's all the more unbearable.

[Guest Edgy DC]

Yeah, i can think of a dozen ways to praise him (a half dozen, anyhow), alive or dead, and it's good and human to refelct on those in the wake of his passing, but "wants to win" was always a non-starter with me --- as if that's necessarily a virtue or a trait as particular to him as his defenders claim.

[batmagadanleadoff]

John Cougar Lunchbucket wrote: Steinbrenner wasn't about winning as much as he was about the death of competition.

But that's winning, isn't it?

John Cougar Lunchbucket wrote: He was a bully and a cheater his whole life.

Perhaps, but how else does one amass the wealth and power that Steinbrenner enjoyed?

[soupcan]

Cue the Bill Gallo cartoon with General Von Steingrabber and Sheppard sitting in clouds looking down upon the Yankees/Yankee Stadium and saying something along the lines of 'We left them in good shape...'

Gag me.

Ding Dong the witch is dead.

[metirish]

Guess I won't be watching the ASG tonight , I wish I had something good to say but I don't.
ESPN has turned over it's entire programming to him, hey LeBron , be glad your decision wasn't tonight.

RIP

[soupcan]

Convicted felon whose team's success was built largely on the fact that he was suspended from baseball and had nothing to do with them at the time they became successful.

Put that on his tombstone.

[Ceetar]

Edgy DC wrote: Yeah, i can think of a dozen ways to praise him (a half dozen, anyhow), alive or dead, and it's good and human to refelct on those in the wake of his passing, but "wants to win" was always a non-starter with me --- as if that's necessarily a virtue or a trait as particular to him as his defenders claim.

I'm still waiting for that owner to come out and say "I want to lose. Truly. I decided to invest my money in a sports team because I lost a bet. I wouldn't know how to get from first base to the pitchers mound."

[seawolf17]

I would love to add something witty, but I have little regard for Steinbrenner. From what I've read, he was a jerk who was completely undeserving of all the love he's going to get over the next couple of days.

[MFS62]

Personal memory:
I was in Tampa (George's "headquarters" then) on business.
There were headlines (not just back page) in the local papers about how George was being investigated in a shady real estate deal involving payoffs to politicians. I wondered how the NY papers would treat the story.
I returned to New York the next day, and the back pages were all about how George verbally blasted Dave Winfield.
Not one mention of the scandal in Tampa.
His PR department earned their salaries with that one.

Later

[metirish]

Ha ha ha.....some CNBC jerk is on espn talking about how Steinbrenner turned it all around in NY....the early 90's are glossed over......it was him that did it and " if you go back a few years before they won all those championships you look around NY and it was probably 50/50 Mets/ yankees....now it's probably 80/20"......asshole