R.I.P. George Steinbrenner

[Evil ... Thy name is Orville Redenbacher!!]

George Steinbrenner has died.


Google turned up heart attack and said he was rushed to a hospital .. AP ran a crawl citing sources. Big George, who just turned 80 has died.


R.I.P. to one of the alltime colorful characters of a once-great game.

NEW YORK (WABC) -- Eyewitness News has learned New York Yankees owner George Steinbrenner has suffered a massive heart attack.

Steinbrenner was rushed to St. Joseph's hospital in Tampa, Florida, and his condition is not known.

Steinbrenner turned 80 on July 4th.

 

[GuessWho]

Re: Steinbrenner dead?

Reports are it's a massive heart attack. Doesn't sound good, but also doesn't sound like he's passed on, yet.

 

[Mystery Meat II]

Re: Steinbrenner dead?

Kinda chilling to go to Google News and see the stories about his massive heart attack atop stories that say he's "feeling good" posted three days ago.

 

[Evil ... Thy name is Orville Redenbacher!!]

Re: Steinbrenner dead?

A person close to George Steinbrenner says the Yankees owner died Tuesday morning
NEW YORK (AP) — A person close to George Steinbrenner says the Yankees owner died Tuesday morning.

 

[proudpittsburgher]

TMZ is reporting he has died. As a fan of a small market team, I resented the Yankee way, but if nothing else, he cared about the product on the field. If true, RIP.

 

[MileHigh]

Jesus. RIP.

 

[deskslave]

Does the rule of threes apply to famous Yankees?

 

[RedHotChiliPrepper]

First Bob Sheppard and now Steinbrenner? Someone keep an eye on Yogi.

RIP

 

[Shoeless Joe]

RIP to one of the few remaining owners where the bottom line was measured in wins and not dollars.

 

[TheSportsPredictor]

Baseball is still a great game.

 

[Dyno]

First Bob Sheppard and now Steinbrenner? Someone keep an eye on Yogi.

RIP

Bite your tongue!

RIP Big Stein. The Bronx Zoo will never be the same.

 

[Evil ... Thy name is Orville Redenbacher!!]

One of my all-time fav. SI covers.

 

[Mystery Meat II]

First thing he did when he got to Heaven was fire Billy Martin.

 

[TheSportsPredictor]

Harvey Pekar and George Steinbrenner, Cleveland born and bred, both pass on in the days after LeBron leaves town.

 

[Evil ... Thy name is Orville Redenbacher!!]

First thing he did when he got to Heaven was fire Billy Martin.

You are assuming Billy Martin went heaven?

 

[Mystery Meat II]

First thing he did when he got to Heaven was fire Billy Martin.

You are assuming Billy Martin went heaven?

I presume God would let him fire Billy while he was in hell.

 

[Pastor]

Wow. The news just saddens me...

 

[proudpittsburgher]

Really, the blue font? on a RIP thread? Really?

 

[Evil ... Thy name is Orville Redenbacher!!]

First thing he did when he got to Heaven was fire Billy Martin.

You are assuming Billy Martin went heaven?

I presume God would let him fire Billy while he was in hell.

He prolly ****-canned Bob Lemon too.
And asked St. Pete is he had any angels who could keep tabs on Dave Winfield.

 

[MileHigh]