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George Michael Steinbrenner III (July 4, 1930 – July 13, 2010) was an American businessman who was the principal owner and managing partner of Major League Baseball's New York Yankees from 1973 until his death in 2010.
Four Yankees GMs are enshrined in the National Baseball Hall of Fame: Ed Barrow, [24] George Weiss, [25] Larry MacPhail, [26] and his son, Lee MacPhail. [27] Ralph Houk, [28] Gene Michael, [29] Lou Piniella, [30] and Bob Watson [31] were former Yankees players. Houk, [32] Michael [33] and Piniella [34] served as field managers for the Yankees ...
The family has owned the New York Yankees of Major League Baseball since George Steinbrenner purchased the franchise in 1973. After George's death, Hal Steinbrenner, his son, became the chairman of the Yankees. The Steinbrenner family also has financial interests in real estate, horse racing, and automobile racing.
The news of George Steinbrenner's death from a heart attack today might have come as more of a surprise to the public had it not been for a 2007 article in Portfolio by sportswriter Franz Lidz ...
How he made his billions: Steinbrenner, 52, and his brother, Hank, who died in 2020, inherited the team from their father, George Steinbrenner, the controversial, outspoken former Yankees owner ...
The Yankees' local broadcasting rights with Cablevision's MSG Network were expiring at the end of 2000 season and the Nets' deal with Fox Sports New York would end with the 2001–2002 season. Steinbrenner began considering his own regional sports cable channel. Primary Nets owner Lewis Katz was mainly interested in a new arena. [4]
Joan Steinbrenner, wife of legendary Yankees owner George, died Friday at 83 with her family at her side.
On November 20, 2008, Major League Baseball owners approved the shift of day-to-day control of the Yankees from father George Steinbrenner to Hal Steinbrenner. [5] Since taking over the organization, the Yankees have won the 2009 World Series, two American League pennants, made the playoffs eleven times, and opened a new stadium in 2009.