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"The Boss" is gone (O/T)
No, not Bruce Springsteen.
Just read on mlb.com that George Steinbrenner passed away. Like him or hate him, agree with his methods or not, he re-built the Yankees into a championship team again, after a few rotten years from the mid-1960's until the early 1970's.
Personally, while I never cared for his attitude, he did build a winner. And he kept on winning.
Here's hoping the Yanks take it all again this year.
"When you're born, you give up one percent of your life. When you die, that's the last one percent. Make the other ninety-eight percent count."--Threadweaver.
"A choice to be made, a price to be paid."--The Tower.
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Love the Yankees. RIP Boss.
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Being from Detroit I'm definitely not a Yankee fan, but I can respect a man who puts his money where his mouth is.
Mr. Steinbrenner wanted a winner and he wasn't afraid to do whatever it took or spend whatever was needed, to get one.
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He was an SOB....but he was OUR SOB!
RIP George.....
"It ain't about how hard ya hit. It's about how hard you can get hit and keep moving forward. How much you can take and keep moving forward. That's how winning is done! Now if you know what you're worth then go out and get what you're worth."
- Rocky Balboa
"DeathtoToasters. A man barely alive.
Gentlemen We can rebuild him. Better than he was. Better. Stronger. Faster.
<Heartbeat>"
"Just because you don't UNDERSTAND the plan, does not mean there is NOT a plan!" - DeathtoToasters
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He really was a character, that's for sure. And in the world of professional sports, he sure knew what he was doing.
I often wonder what he thought of his portrayal on Seinfeld. The real J. Peterman thought they way they portrayed him was great - he's pals with the actor who played him and even named one of his golf shirts after him. I wonder what The Big Stein thought of it all. Some funny stuff that was. 
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He probably enjoyed it.
In show-biz, there's no such thing as bad publicity--unless you're Lindsay Lohan or Paris Hilton and in THEIR case it should be "no publicity at all for the rest of their miserable lives"---but I digress.
Steinbrenner had his detractors and I'll be the first to say that he helped usher in the era of the overpaid mega-stars who sometimes underperformed. And yes, there are those who say he bought the pennants--mainly Boston Red Sox fans--but if he hadn't paid the big bucks, someone else would have.
As someone said, he may have been an SOB--but he was a YANKEE all the way.
"When you're born, you give up one percent of your life. When you die, that's the last one percent. Make the other ninety-eight percent count."--Threadweaver.
"A choice to be made, a price to be paid."--The Tower.
BB.com's 125th best writer. I have no idea who the other 124 are.
Notamemberofanycrewthatwouldhavemecrew, including Karl Hungus' dirty poo crew, IC's and CBB's .gif crew, and 2LiveCrew.
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