Yankees owner George Steinbrenner dies at 80
Rest in peace ‘big Stein’.
He changed the face of pro sports no matter how disliked at times, and this man was an American success story as was his dad, and he’ll always be immortalized in the Seinfeld episodes that poked fun at him back in the 90′s and their perpetual reruns… I’ll miss the man as a childhood New Yorker 
He made the Yankees champions and I’m sure baseball will never be the same without him and his antics.
On the day of the All Star game really casts a pall on their festivities today without a doubt. I myself will remember him for his managerial hiring and firing and particularly his escapades with the infamous Billy Martin and countless others it seemed but wasn’t, he hired and fired Martin before HIS untimely death 3 different times.
Rest in peace Mr Steinbrenner.
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NEW YORK (AP)—George Steinbrenner, who rebuilt the New York Yankees into a sports empire with a mix of bluster and big bucks that polarized fans all across America, died Tuesday. He had just celebrated his 80th birthday July 4.
Steinbrenner had a heart attack, was taken to St. Joseph’s Hospital in Tampa, Fla., and died at about 6:30 a.m, a person close to the owner told The Associated Press. The person spoke on condition of anonymity because the team had not disclosed those details.
His death on the day of the All-Star game was the second in three days to rock the Yankees. Bob Sheppard, the team’s revered public address announcer from 1951-07, died Sunday at 99.
For more than 30 years and through seven World Series championships, Steinbrenner lived up to his billing as “the Boss,” a nickname he earned and clearly enjoyed as he ruled with an iron fist. While he lived in Tampa he was a staple on the front pages of New York newspapers.
“He was an incredible and charitable man,” his family said in a statement. “He was a visionary and a giant in the world of sports. He took a great but struggling franchise and turned it into a champion again.”
Steinbrenner’s mansion, on a leafy street in an older neighborhood of south Tampa, was quiet Tuesday morning. Private security guards milled around on the empty circular driveway inside the iron gates. A police officer took up a position outside the gates to turn away reporters and keep traffic moving along the narrow street. News vehicles lined the other side of the street.
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