Steinbrenner is not doing too well

[SPTO]

Here's an interesting and at times sad profile of George Steinbrenner. The article also goes into detail on the writer's odds for who out of Steinbrenner's family will take over the team once he's gone.

Be warned it's a LOOONG article.

Steinbrenner article

[mjb2124]

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I just saw this article on another board and remembered it was posted here. He sounds like he's not doing well at all. This part stuck out to me:

When he sees McEwen, a big, goofy grin spreads across his face. “Great to see ya, Tommy,” he exclaims.

“Great to see you, George,” McEwen says. He introduces me as a writer working on a story and asks about Steinbrenner’s wife, Joan.

“Great to see ya, Tommy,” Steinbrenner says.

McEwen asks about his sons, Hank and Hal.

“Great to see ya, Tommy,” he says.

McEwen asks about his daughters, Jennifer and Jessica.

“Great to see ya, Tommy,” he says.

McEwen asks about his health.

Steinbrenner sighs heavily and mutters, “Oh, I’m all right.”

He doesn’t look all right. In fact, he looks dreadful. His body is bloated; his jawline has slackened into a triple chin; his skin looks as if a dry-cleaner bag has been stretched over it. Steinbrenner’s face, pale and swollen, has a curiously undefined look. His features seem frozen in a permanent rictus of careworn disbelief.

McEwen recounts a surreal showdown at a Tampa dogtrack in which George and Joan cursed each other out in the most obscene language possible. “That’s Joan,” Steinbrenner says, chuckling. “She’s feisty.”

I ask Steinbrenner about the Yankees, who are struggling mightily at the time. The grin turns into a snarl. “They’ll come around,” he snaps. It’s the first sign of the old George.

I ask Steinbrenner whom he wants to succeed him. He ignores me. That’s the last sign of the old George.

A few minutes later, Steinbrenner starts repeating himself again. “Great to see ya, Tommy,” he says in response to every question. “Great to see ya.”

[The C]

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Can't they just move his body into some Darth Vader suit?

I don't like the Yankees, but I like Steinbrenner as an owner. When he finally is gone, baseball won't be as great.

[Porschebenz2001]

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Can't they just move his body into some Darth Vader suit?

I don't like the Yankees, but I like Steinbrenner as an owner. When he finally is gone, baseball won't be as great.

Well his son is gonna sell the team. If he sells it to that assclown Dolan, baseball will be ruined for me.

[GBrushTWood]

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Yeah, for Steinbrenner, the engine is running, but there's nobody behind the wheel. He's basically Ray Finkel's mom at this point.

[oakfan162]

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Yeah, for Steinbrenner, the engine is running, but there's nobody behind the wheel. He's basically Ray Finkel's mom at this point.

Or Al Davis!

[SPTO]

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Or Al Davis!

Nah, Al Davis is at least coherent. He's just too stubborn to change his ways.

[CMH]

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I don't think much of the "great to see ya, Tommy" bit. He answered business questions the way George always answers them. It seemed to me that he ignored the personal questions by reciting the same line over and over again.

[SlimKibbles]

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Yeah, for Steinbrenner, the engine is running, but there's nobody behind the wheel. He's basically Ray Finkel's mom at this point.

"It was all that Dan Marino's fault, everyone knows that. If he had held the ball, laces out, like he was supposed to, Ray would never have missed that kick. Dan Marino should die of gonorrhea and rot in hell. Would you like a cookie, son?"