Yankees owner's death

George Steinbrenner’s death 5 years ago.

                Not all of the filipino’s love watching baseball, maybe because the nation is widely more on the basketball, and it is really that obvious. Probably we Filipino’s knows baseball more specifically on the team monikers and its design which is widely used in clothing and baseball caps. One team that is really that known in baseball ever since, is the team that somehow shape the baseball world, it’s the New York Yankees, which I also featured in my previous blog postings. And this time I’m going to write more on its leadership and also ownership’s history. This particular person is not known worldwide, but is really that remarkable especially in New York, USA.

                 

His name is George Michael Steinbrenner III the long time owner of the Yankees since 1973. George was born on July 4, 1930 in the state of Ohio. He graduated with the Masters Degree in Physical Education, which really meant that he is really into sports. Since that time of his ownership, the team had 7 World series and 11 American league pennants. In 1960’s he started he became an owner of a short-lived basketball team which is the Cleveland Pipers. He also invested on horse racing, broad way shows and other business ventures.

                He had bought the Yankees in 1973 for only about 10 million dollars, which is far away huge than it cost until his death that cost around 1.6 billion dollars. He is known to be dictating the players a lot, involving the haircut measurements and other things which is really that personal. Steinbrenner himself was suspended from the sport twice–first, in 1974, after pleading guilty to making illegal corporate contributions to President Richard Nixon’s re-election campaign, and a second time, in 1990, for paying a small-time gambler to dig up damaging information about Yankee outfielder Dave Winfield, with whom Steinbrenner was feuding. Steinbrenner and the Yankees also raked in millions from lucrative licensing and marketing deals.

                In 2009, the Yankees won their 27^th World series which considered by some as the most memorable gift that they could offer to their owner before its death. His sons Hal and Hank is the one who manages the team right now. George’s health declined and until such time that he died of a heart attack on July 13, 2010, leaving a legacy along with it’s players.

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