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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The last memorable Home Run of Babe Ruth

I think not one of the baseball fans around the world knows the name “Babe Ruth”. He is most remembered for his versatility and almost unique talents that baseball player has during that era of him. It’s May 25, 1935 in Pittsburgh Pennsylvania, Ruth hits his 714 home runs, this record remains to be unbreakable for almost 40 years. This will serve as the last home run of his career. I would like to take a brief story of his amazing and inspiring life.

On February of 1895, George Herman Ruth was born in Maryland. Causing some trouble at an early age and also staying away from school without good reason. This action led his parents to sent him to an orphanage. He stayed there for almost 2 decades before starting a career in baseball. He was just only 19 when he was signed by the Baltimore Orioles as a pitcher.

In 1914, he was sold to Boston Red Sox team, that’s the time when he got the nickname “Ruth”. During that era he was already known to be one of best pitchers. He set a record between 1916 and 1918 with 29 2/3 consecutive scoreless innings in World Series play, including a 14-inning game in 1916 in which he pitched every inning, giving up only a run in the first. The next thing that happened change the course of Ruth’s life,which again he transferred to other team, the New York Yankees in 1920’s. He was also known to have more home runs than the entire Boston Red Sox team of the 10 of the next 12 seasons. During his career with the New York Yankees, the team won four World Series and seven American League pennants.

Until somewhere in 1974 a player named Hank

Aaron broke his record at 715 home runs. Babe Ruth died of a throat cancer on August 16, 1948.

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