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I am dead set against free agency. It can ruin baseball. —George Steinbrenner

Yankees owner George Steinbrenner passed away at the age of 80 this week. When one thinks of “The Boss,” numerous associations come to mind. Managerial firings, suspensions from baseball, illegal campaign contributions and his Seinfeld caricature.

Yet his lasting legacy will undoubtedly be related to free-agent spending.

In his tenure looking after the Bronx Bombers, Steinbrenner disbursed over $1.8 billion on baseball’s best, committed to fielding the best roster only money could buy.

To put that figure in perspective, the nearest team’s expenditures are less than half of that monetary sum. More importantly, it’s hard to argue the results—New York won seven rings under Steinbrenner’s reign.

This got us to thinking: with the copious amounts of cash splashed on free agency, how would Steinbrenner’s free-agent armada fare against the best acquisitions from the rest of the Majors?

This process was executed with the following parameters: 1. Players had to be obtained through free-agency. This means no Derek Jeter , Marino Rivera, or Jorge Posada . 2. Players could be taken from any timeframe after signing with their team. This equates to using Barry Bonds ‘ 2001 season despite being picked up by San Fran in 1993.

If the premise of one team versus the world doesn’t appear just, that’s because it’s probably not and we encourage you to create your own MLB Dream Team Free Agent roster .

Then again, it isn’t fair A-Rod makes more than the entire Florida Marlins . Plus, every Yankee used made an All-Star appearance at some point in their respective career, so let’s not make this a David v. Goliath affair.

Using our MLB Simulaton engine , we simulated The Boss’ Free Agents vs an All-Time FA roster 101 times .

In 1980, Steinbrenner signed Dave Winfield to a 10-year, $23 millon contract making him the highest paid player in baseball.

Prior to the 1977 season, Steinbrenner locked down Mr. October himself, for 5 years and $3 million. The Yankees would go on to win the World Series in 1977 and 1978.

Catfish was Major League Baseball’s first multi-million dollar player and first free agent. He inked a deal with the Yankees worth $3.25 million over 5 years.

BENCH: Robin Ventura , Hideki Matsui , Mark Teixeira , Mariano Duncan , Rick Cerone

BULLPEN: Tommy John , C.C. Sabathia , Jimmy Key , Mike Mussina , Phil Niekro , David Wells , Goose Gossage, Mike Stanton , Tom Gordon , AJ Burnett

In November of 2000, Ichiro started a trend by leaving Japan and joining the Seattle Mariners for the cool price of $13 million over 3 years plus the $14 million charge to negotiate with him.

Bonds left the Steel City in 1993 to join the San Francisco Giants for a record free-agent contract of $43.75 million over 6 years.

Greg Maddux was highly coveted after leaving Chicago, but elected to sign with the Atlanta Braves for $28 million over 5 seasons in 1993.

BENCH: Manny Ramirez , Vladimir Guerrero , Ivan Rodriguez , Pete Rose

BULLPEN: Nolan Ryan , Randy Johnson , Jack Morris , Bartolo Colon , Tom Glavine , Rollie Fingers , Randy Myers , Francisco Rodriguez , Billy Wagner , Keith Foulke

Leave it to a guy with an oxymoron for a nickname to help add another to the list.

Although Catfish Hunter did not retrieve jumbo shrimp from the deepest oceans to create one of the tastiest appetizers known to man, he did spark the term “free agency” in the 1970s after escaping Oakland for New York.

Over the next three decades, Yankees’ owner George Steinbrenner then took a barrel of gas and doused “free agency” to the point where even the word “free” is demanding a 5-year contract worth $80 million.

With that said, George would be proud to know those he signed managed to hang with the top free agents of all-time. The Boss’ free agents won 37-percent of their games against the all-time squad consisting of future (and present) Hall of Famers.

On this day, however, it was the All-Time Free Agent taking Catfish to the fryer early and often.

After a calm first inning, Jim Thome got the hit parade started by blasting a two-run homer to center. The Boss’ squad managed to cut the 2-0 deficit in half in the bottom of the 2nd thanks to a Johnny Damon double that scored Reggie Jackson.

The bottom of the third really knocked the Boss’ Free Agents on their butt. A-Rod drove in Ichiro, Andre Dawson drove in A-Rod and Thome came through again with a base knock scoring Barry Bonds (who walked 4 times during the game). After three innings, the All-Time Free Agents had jumped out to a 5-1 lead. Hunter surrendered 11 hits in six innings of work.

Meanwhile, Greg Maddux continued to mow down every free agent that stepped into the box. The Atlanta Braves’ ace brought the same stuff to the mound that made Bobby Cox grin from ear to ear for seasons in Atlanta. Maddux only allowed one run until the 9th when his pitch count eclipsed 100 pitches.

With one last chance to rally back, trailing 8-1, the Boss’ Free Agents scored four runs to make the final score respectable thanks to a RBI single off the bat of Dave Winfield and a three run bomb from Jason Giambi.

But the Boss’ Free Agents fall a little short, losing 8-5.

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We begin the season’s second half tonight living in a post-Boss world, and I for one am a little uneasy about it.

We heard from Hal Steinbrenner’s people on Thursday that the family doesn’t plan on selling the Yankees. But since Hal kind of looks like a bad guy from an Eighties ski movie, I’m not quite buying it just yet.

A sample conversation:

Accountant: “Here are your options, Hal. You can keep the team, deal with the day-to-day headaches of running a major sports enterprise, inhale your brother’s second-hand smoke for the next 30 years, and futilely attempt to live up to the impossible standards set by your old man.

Hal: Okay …

Accountant: Or, a filthy rich entrepreneur cuts you a check for $ 1.7 billion and you spend the rest of your life sipping daiquiris in the South of France.

Hal: (Checking flights to Charles de Gaulle Airport) Let me sleep on that.

If you were Hal and Hank, wouldn’t you at least have to think about the upside of selling?

Hank already tried his hand at running the day-to-day operations of the club and quickly burned out. Now he’s in charge of the family’s horse business in Florida, which is kind of like when the Corleones shipped Fredo off to Vegas. Out of sight, out of mind.

From an outsider’s perspective, it doesn’t seem like Hal has the same fire that drove his father to make the Yankees a winner. Hal is a private guy, and it’s impossible to know whether his running of the show is out of choice or responsibility.

Even the general manager is left to speculate:

“I think their family loves this,” Brian Cashman told the New York Post . “They are all involved. They like it. This is their life. It is a part of them. Their name is branded on the team.”

The sentiment is nice, but Cashman, like the fans, can only hope that’s true.

George may have died on Tuesday, but his days of running the Yankees were long over before that. The new regime of Hal, Randy Levine, Lonn Trost, and Cashman proved in 2009 that they have what it takes to keep the Yankees relevant going forward.

But until we hear from Hal himself that the team is staying in the Steinbrenner family, there will be reason for nerves along River Avenue.

Dan Hanzus writes the Yankees blog River & Sunset and can be reached via e-mail at dhanzus@gmail.com. Follow Dan on Twitter @danhanzus .

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George Steinbreners greatest impact was on the fans of the New York Yankees.

On the day that “The Boss” passed away after a massive heart attack I had the the opportunity to chat with numerous fans who came out to pay their respects at “the house that George built.” After talking to fans of the Bronx Bombers it was evident that Steinbrenner would be in their hearts and minds forever.

I asked the fans who came out to create a makeshift memorial at the corner of 161st St and Jerome Avenue to describe the legacy of “The Boss” in one word and each word used to describe the legendary Yankee owner related to success.

From “champion” to “winner” to “the greatest” it was clear that Steinbrenner had the respect of every fan for bringing 11 pennants and seven World Series titles to the Bronx.  However, Steinbrenner’s spirit and desire to win could teach all of us a lesson.

Whether you like the Yankees or not you have to respect the late great owner’s passion for success. Steinbrenner expected the Yankees to win every year, losing was not an option. It is that mentality that made it possible for him and the Yankees to achieve the success they have in the last 20 plus years.

Steinbrenner’s mentality is what we all should strive to be in life.  We should all want to be winners and do everything possible to be a winner. By the outpouring of fans that flocked to Yankees Stadium yesterday it was clear that everyone loves a winner but it was also evident that everyone remembers a winner.

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When news broke out that Yankees’ owner George Steinbrenner had passed Tuesday morning, I predictably got a few texts from friends asking if I was planning on writing about “The Boss.”

At first I hesitated; too much had happened before I was even born. I had never met him in person. What perspective could I possibly give, that a million other writers couldn’t?

Then I really started to think about George. I thought about the way he ran his organization with the iron fist of a South American dictator. I thought about the way he controlled every word that came in and out of his clubhouse like the Russians controlled information during the Cold War.

I thought about the way he struck fear into multi-millionaire ballplayers and fired managers like they were clerks at CVS. I thought about the way he was equal parts loathed, feared, and respected by fans of the opposition.

I really started to think about how there might be a million more Mark Cubans in my lifetime, but there will never be anyone quite like George.

Now if you’re looking for me to give perspective on the old-school, tyrannical, terrifying, trust no one, fire everyone Steinbrenner of the 1980’s and early 1990’s, you’ll have to go somewhere else. By the time I got to know him as a fan, he was coming off his second suspension from baseball and was a more mellowed, subdued guy…at least in some regards.

But make no mistake, he was still “The Boss.” Even in his advanced age, there was never a doubt who the alpha dog with the Yankees—or in baseball for that matter—was. It was always Big George.

As a Red Sox fan growing up in Steinbrenner’s world, he was more terrifying than any player, coach, team, or organization of my youth. He was an almost mythical figure, rarely seen, but always heard from, and, much like the Godfather, someone who could always get things done. Steinbrenner wasn’t just an owner, but was the scariest kind: one with lots of money who wasn’t afraid to spend it.

During his heyday (and basically every day), Steinbrenner was like a 16-year-old girl with her father’s credit card at the mall. If he saw something he wanted, he went and got it. No trade was impossible for the Yankees, no free agent splurge too outlandish. If his team was struggling during the season, you always knew he’d put pressure on someone to do something to make the squad better.

There was nothing he wasn’t capable of.

Because of that “fear no one, crush everyone” attitude, Steinbrenner was at the controls of the most dominant sports organization of my youth. Not only did fans of other teams know their teams weren’t beating the Yankees, but I also always got the sense that opposing players knew that too.

I remember watching the 1998 World Series when the Yankees played the Padres. After eight innings of Game 1, you could see in the Padres’ eyes that they knew they were toast, and sure enough, they were swept three games later.

Nobody beat the Yankees in the late 1990’s, and like I said, it was more because of Steinbrenner than because of any one player.

It was that burning, win-at-all-costs passion that made The Boss the best owner of my lifetime.

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Just a few days ago, I wrote about Cleveland Cavaliers’ owner Dan Gilbert and his comments regarding LeBron James leaving his team. With the death of Steinbrenner yesterday, it’s all kind of worth repeating.

While I thought Gilbert’s comments about LeBron were crass and a bit over the top, they also gave me a newfound respect for the guy. At the end of the day, Gilbert stood up to a superstar and stood behind his fans and remaining players. He made his point clear: LeBron James wasn’t bigger than his organization. He promised that he’d continue to do whatever it took to put a championship-caliber team on the court.

Good for him.

Steinbrenner was like that…times 45,000.

Again, as a Red Sox fan growing up in the late 1990’s, watching the Yankees pile up championships was terrifying, frustrating, and angering, and it was probably just the same for every Braves, Mets, and White Sox fan too. We didn’t just despise Steinbrenner.

We hated him.

At the same time, how could you not respect him?

(Because of length, this is just PART of Aaron’s article on George Steinbrenner. To read the remainder, please click here or visit Aaron at www.aarontorres-sports.com .

Also, for his take on all things sports, be sure to follow him on Twitter @Aaron_Torres and download his App for your iPhone or Android)

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When news broke Tuesday morning that Yankees’ owner George Steinbrenner had passed, predictably I got a few texts from friends asking if I was planning on writing about “The Boss.”

At first I hesitated. Too much had happened before I was even born. I had never met him in person. What perspective could I possibly give that a million other writers couldn’t?

Then I really started to think about George. I thought about the way he ran his organization with the iron fist of a South American dictator. I thought about the way he controlled every word that came in and out his clubhouse like the Russians controlled information during the Cold War. I thought about the way he struck fear into multi-millionaire ballplayers and fired managers like they were clerks at CVS. I thought about the way he was equal parts loathed, feared, and respected by fans of the opposition.

I really started to think about how there might be a million more Mark Cuban’s in my lifetime. But there will never be anyone quite like George.

Now if you’re looking for me to give perspective on the old-school, tyrannical, terrifying, trust no one, fire everyone Steinbrenner of the 1980’s and early 1990’s you’ll have to go somewhere else. By the time I got to know him as a fan, he was coming off his second suspension from baseball and was a more mellowed, subdued guy, at least in some regards.

But make no mistake, he was still “The Boss.” Even in his advanced age, there was never a doubt who the alpha dog with the Yankees—or in baseball for that matter—was. It was always Big George.

(Because of length, this is only PART of Aaron’s article. To read the rest, please visit www.aarontorres-sports.com )

As a Red Sox fan growing up in Steinbrenner’s world, he was more terrifying than any player, coach, team, or organization of my youth. He was an almost mythical figure, rarely seen, but always heard from, and, much like the Godfather, someone who could always get things done. Steinbrenner wasn’t just an owner but was the scariest kind, one with lots of money who wasn’t afraid to spend it.

During his heyday (and basically every day), Steinbrenner was like a 16-year-old girl with her father’s credit card at the mall. If he saw something he wanted, he went and got it. No trade was impossible for the Yankees. No free agent splurge too outlandish. If his team was struggling during the season, you always knew he’d put pressure on someone to do something to make the squad better. There was nothing he wasn’t capable of.

Because of that “fear no one, crush everyone” attitude, Steinbrenner was at the controls of the most dominant sports organization of my youth. Not only did fans of other teams know their teams weren’t beating the Yankees, but I also always got the sense that opposing players knew too. I remember watching the 1998 World Series when the Yankees played the Padres. After eight innings of Game One, you could see in the Padres’ eyes that they knew they were toast, and sure enough, they were swept three games later.

Nobody beat the Yankees in the late 1990’s, and like I said, it was more because of Steinbrenner than because of any one player.

And it was that burning, win-at-all-costs passion that made The Boss the best owner of my lifetime.

Just a few days ago, I wrote about Cleveland Cavaliers’ owner Dan Gilbert and his comments regarding LeBron James leaving his team. But with the death of Steinbrenner yesterday, it’s all kind of worth repeating:

While I thought Gilbert’s comments about LeBron were crass and a bit over the top, they also gave me a newfound respect for the guy. At the end of the day, Gilbert stood up to a superstar and stood behind his fans and remaining players. He made his point clear, that LeBron James wasn’t bigger than his organization, and promised that he’d continue to do whatever it took to put a championship-caliber team on the court. Good for him.

Steinbrenner was like that…times 45,000.

Again, as a Red Sox fan growing up in the late 1990’s, watching the Yankees pile up championships was terrifying, frustrating, and angering, and it was probably just the same for every Braves, Mets and White Sox fan too. We didn’t just despise Steinbrenner. We hated him.

At the same time, how could you not respect him?…

(Because of length, this is just PART of Aaron’s article on George Steinbrenner. To read the remainder, please CLICK HERE or visit him at www.aarontorres-sports.com .

Also, for his take on all things sports, be sure to follow him on Twitter @Aaron_Torres )

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Growing up in New York City, there were certain figures that were always identified with The Big Apple. Woody Allen, Donald Trump, Regis Philbin, and George Steinbrenner were iconic figures in New York, and names that I grew up with.

Sadly for New York and baseball, one of its iconic figures passed away yesterday. George Steinbrenner, the owner of the New York Yankees since 1973, passed away at the age of 80 due to a heart attack. He passed away at Saint Joseph’s Hospital in Tampa.

Everyone who reads my posts and knows me knows that I am not even remotely close to being a Yankee fan. I haven’t liked the Yankees since my childhood friend David and I used to argue who was a better player, Dave Winfield or George Brett. As you could imagine, I was on the Brett side.

But despite not liking certain teams, it doesn’t mean that I can’t respect the players on that team or the owner of the franchise. In this case, I have always had the utmost respect for Steinbrenner.

I am not going to get into whether or not he is the greatest owner in the history of sports, or whether or not he was good or bad for baseball. That is a debate which I choose not to get into.

What is not up for debate is that when it came to the business aspect of baseball, Steinbrenner was ahead of his time by at least 15 years. He bought the Yankees for $8.8 million in 1973, and between his marketing efforts, cable deal with the Madison Square Garden TV station, and creating the YES Network, Steinbrenner turned the Yankees into a $1.6 billion empire.

That is a business plan that any executive would follow.

Steinbrenner and the Yankees were even ahead of their time when they joined forces with the Dallas Cowboys and Goldman Sachs to form Legends Hospitality Management. The only thing that could make this partnership more obnoxious is if the Cowboys and Yankees included Notre Dame and the Lakers into the mix.

But in all seriousness, this idea should have been created years ago. Why pay a third party for food and catering when you just do it yourself and generate and, more importantly, keep the revenues? It’s a brilliant business decision and Steinbrenner was at the forefront of it.

Whether you love or hate the Yankees, there is one thing that you have to admit—Steinbrenner changed the landscape of baseball and the game will never be the same again.

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The sports world was rocked yesterday morning as the news of the passing of New York Yankees long-time owner George Steinbrenner hit the air ways.

Baseball lost an icon when Steinbrenner suffered a massive heart attack at his Tampa, Florida  home on Tuesday morning. Yankees fans all across the country talked about their memories of the long-time team owner who brought them seven World Championships.

Steinbrenner, known across the sports world as “The Boss,” is the greatest owner in sports history. Never before have we seen an owner mean so much to his team and its sport. I’m not sure we ever will see another quite like Mr. Steinbrenner.

ESPN and every other sports talk show I heard yesterday was all about George Steinbrenner. That includes The Nosebleeds with myself and Travis Williams. Travis and I were joined by Lisa Latino, The Yankee Princess, as we talked about our memories of The Boss. Click here to listen to our thoughts.

George Steinbrenner led an incredible life. One full of the pursuit of perfection. Filled with hard work, The Boss never settled for less. You can read all about his life in the latest book about him, Steinbrenner: The Last Lion of Baseball.

Continue reading this reflection at Double G Sports.

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Remembering “The Boss”
(Joe Arrigo)

George Steinbrenner was a polarizing figure. Two different authors could write two different books and it would be two different versions, but both would be right. Not to many people can have that effect, but Mr. Steinbrenner did. He just turned 80 on the 4th of July, but on July 13th, he passed away at his home in Tampa, Florida.

Many baseball fans (OK, people who dislike the Yankees) say he bought his way to 7 World Series titles. They say he had an unfair advantage because of the YES Network and the New York media market. They say he was to demanding and didn’t care about anything except winning at all costs (pun intended).

I disagree on all accounts.

“The Boss”  bought the Yankees for $10 million dollars in 1973 from CBS Inc. He only used a little over $100,000 of his own money in that transaction (with 13 other businessmen). But these weren’t the Yankees of the past with Ruth, Gehrig, DiMaggio, Ford, Berra and Mantle,  they were a team that wasn’t very good. They were in the lower half of the AL (and later the AL East). In the 38 years under his ownership, he took that $10 million dollar investment and turned it into a 1.6 billion dollar empire (trailing only Manchester United, $1.8 billion, and the Dallas Cowboys, $1.65 billion for the richest in pro sports according to Forbes). Mr. Steinbrenner also had a vision off the field for his team and their revenue. He revolutionized the

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ANAHEIM–The words are indescribable of the somber news that stunned all of baseball, unfortunately stealing the spotlight on the day of the All-Star Game. As the most sentimental death ceased the excitement, we lost arguably the craftiest businessman in sports, the savvy owner of the famous New York Yankees.

We lost George Steinbrenner, a controversial chairman with a yearly ritual, demanding legitimacy and delivery from the well-paid players he blessed with enormous profit. The trials of the Boss have initiated much controversy during the longest tenure of any owner in the majors.

Much as he was adored for his charitable work, loyalty among players, and pampering of his players, he was inevitably disliked for his controversial tension and verbal disputes with managers and players.

Ever since he bought the Yankees, he was always in the headlines for indifference, capitalism, or squandering mega dollars to revamp a lowly franchise. If he attained anything less than a World Series title, it was considered a failure as Steinbrenner wasn’t satisfied with early postseason exits or unsuccessful losses.

Those who had a bonding relationship with the Boss would tell you that he was compassionate and impassioned of piling world titles to reach the unprecedented by embodying the tenor of a fervent sporting atmosphere.

Over the course of his regime, he built an empire and inherited billions, representing the sports in a fanatic state that admires baseball and traditional pinstripes.

But the story of baseball wasn’t the Midsummer Classic on the morning the baseball family lost a future Hall of Famer and an insightful merchant who died less than two weeks after his 80th birthday on July 4.

He sadly died of a massive heart attack and suffered in falling health for years, awarding the personnel decisions to his two sons, Hank and Hal, two years ago.

With declining health, he barely traveled with the team and appeared in the press box at Yankee Stadium, including the recent palace the organization spent billions in creations.

In judging his habits, he frequently caused discussion and havoc in the back-page headlines of raging feuds with Billy Martin, who was fired five times after he failed to adhere to guidelines and demands.

Although he greatly became a mentor and father-figure, he was a baseball capitalist by dauntlessly investing in millions, the most adventurous and creator of gambling to construct the most powerful baseball franchise of all-time.

All of his creativity and passion played a key role in the Yankees’ triumphant prosperity, delivering 27 titles, 40 American League pennants, and more championships than any other franchise in North American professional sports history.

But he grabbed headlines for commonly hiring and firing managers, a bombastic pattern that cast misery on his managerial staff and players who had face-to-face feuds, losing respect for the man described as the Boss.

However, of course, Steinbrenner’s character epitomized a fiery competitor who expected to win a pennant each season after investing in talented names.

Because he was the greatest owner in the history of baseball, if not in sports, he was simply endeared for his warmhearted selflessness, even though he was a polarizing and wicked businessman. So what if he called a Japanese pitcher “a fat toad” or changed managers 21 times? He’s the tremendous winner, largely the reason the Yankees have excelled.

He was truly admired outside the clubhouse, but behind closed doors, he was described as an evil boss and scolded his players whenever they performed poorly.

His famous quote described him. “Winning is the most important thing in my life, after breathing,” he said roughly.

“It’s tough, because he’s more than just an owner to me—he’s a friend of mine,” Yankees captain Derek Jeter said emotionally during pregame interviews before the All-Star Game. “He will be deeply missed.”

Certainly!

Think of the hilarious moments. Remember, he featured on Seinfeld and ordered George Costanza to deliver him calzones, still demanding much as the superior one, the most hated owner in sports history?

Either you loved or loathed him. He never allowed the Yankees tradition to diminish or topple, expanding the hallmark of pinstripes by launching a cable television channel—Yes Network —nine years ago.

As he marketed and produced a large payroll, he offered millions to form the unprecedented like no other, attracting a fervid crowd of Yankees devotees to embrace future Hall of Famers Derek Jeter and Mariano Rivera. Between his players and balance for constantly renovating an unfinished franchise, he inflated a share of revenue in the stands and television ratings.

“His toughness came out in his expectations. I think his expectations carried over into the clubhouse, and we had the same expectations as he did, which I think is the sign of his influence on all of us,” said Yankees manager Joe Girardi. “I do think winning the World Series meant a lot to him, but the next day, he was always back to work. He was like, OK, how are we going to win next year?

“He enjoyed it, but he stayed the course all the time. We won in 1996, and we were told he was already planning for 1997 when they were planning the parade. He probably felt that it was a huge accomplishment, but he never rested in it.”

Although Larry Lucchino, an owner of the archenemies Boston Red Sox, called the Yankees “the evil empire,” Steinbrenner offered second chances to problematic Dwight Gooden, who had a history of troubles, and gave chances to a corrupted Darryl Strawberry, who ran into unlawful troubles.

And with the highest payroll in baseball at $205 million, the Yanks can possibly win back-to-back, leaving behind a well-conditioned franchise that returned to prominence last season when the Yanks won the fall classic by investing in three premier stars and grabbed CC Sabathia, Mark Teixeira, and A.J. Burnett.

With all the criticism swirling around the Yankees, it was noticed that the Yankees spend $1.5 billion in stadium creations. Since he purchased the team, the Boss always got what he wanted—until he died at 80 Tuesday morning, remembered for his bravery and gusty moves, for his helpfulness within the communities and willingness to spend dauntlessly on star players.

Back in 1977, he brought the Yankees for a price worth $8.8 million and valued the trademark.

“The thing with the Boss, he’s an old football coach,” said Jeter. “So his way, he sort of looked at the baseball season like we played 12 games and had to win every single day. He really expected to win every night, every day. I remember my first, second year. I was on third base and got doubled off on a line drive in the infield. We won, but after the game, he was yelling at me…He expected perfection.”

That’s why the Yanks have the most titles and are on the verge of another one, possibly.

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Today legendary New York Yankees owner George Steinbrenner died, and even though he will be forever missed by the game of baseball, he will not be forgotten.

During his tenure as Yankees owner, Steinbrenner made several appearances in pop culture including Saturday Night Live in 1990, which he hosted.

He was also portrayed on the TV show Seinfeld, although he never actually made an appearance on air. Larry David usually did voiceovers while the back of “Steinbrenner’s” head was shown.

He did however shoot some scenes that appeared in the deleted scenes on the Season 7 DVD, and thanks to YouTube they are available for viewing.

Go to my website TheSportingRave.com to watch “The Boss” on Seinfeld.

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