Comments on: King George

By: King George

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By: AK

AK — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 17:18:28 +0000

Does anyone have a link to the SNL sketch that Bellweather Johnson mentions above (where he is running a convenience store)?

I’m a pretty avid Seinfeld watcher, and I’d never seen this episode, but just came across it on Youtube:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A8FUgN4xYoc

“You dance, don’t you?”

By: astorian

astorian — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 22:53:34 +0000

Jim- Hank can (and undoubtedly will) shoot off his mouth regularly, and will have countless reporters following him around to record his utterances.

But Hank has little say in the business operations of the Yankees. His more sensible brother Hal is running the show.

By: Wickethewok

Wickethewok — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 21:02:52 +0000

I don’t think owners should be put in the Hall of Fame. Rewarding a position where a prerequisite is being a billionaire doesn’t strike me well. Maybe if an owner made substantial contributions to the game (helped break the social barriers, literally changed the way the game was played, etc.) they could be inducted in the same way that Marvin Miller should be – however, it’s usually the owners who are the ones standing in the way of progress. Simply enshrining someone for making/spending money for a lot of years is a bit silly.

By: Mark W.

Mark W. — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 20:23:51 +0000

In the early 2000s before George’s mind began to go poorly, I used to argue with friends telling them that Steinbrenner was one of the most reliable and genuine owners in MLB. He has seen so much in his 30+ years owning the Yankees. I always appreciate that he did not strongly oppose the fairly new MLB rule that makes teams spending so much over a certain amount had to be taxed and that money was then to be spread to the lesser teams. I remember him saying that he was fine with it as long as those lesser teams still attempted to remain competitive. He pointed out that the teams with remarkable MLB history (and he pointed to the Pirates, A’s as examples) needed some additional capital to maintain teams in their cities.

By: Jim

Jim — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 19:33:10 +0000

King George has always been a great source of entertainment. (On a related note, I never understood the resistance to Cuban owning the Cubs…how could that not be entertaining?) I always thought sports teams should be viewed as similar to the old patronage system, i.e a way for rich people to express the fact that they are rich. Anyway, Hank Steinbrenner seems to be suitable replacement in the entertainment realm at least.

By: Mark

Mark — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 18:10:54 +0000

As a Mets fan, I feel I must add to Don’s list of Essential Baseball Georges:

George Thomas Seaver — the only man who made being a 70s Met fan palatable. Pity I didn’t understand the significance of having an all-time great on the club till M. Donald Grant knifed him (and the rest of us) in the back.

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By: Owen

Owen — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 15:13:11 +0000

I used to think of Steinbrenner as simple and bad. Then I stopped thinking of things as simple and bad, but I didn’t know what to think about King George. After reading this, I get him a little better, and, more than that, I feel I understand Cleveland better.

By: Shoeless_Mike

Shoeless_Mike — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 15:04:39 +0000

My favorite memory of George S. was seeing the images on tv of him stewing towards the end of game 2 of the 1980 ALCS, which the Royals eventually won. Willie Randolph (I believe) was thrown out at home plate late in the game after he was sent from third base by Dick Howser. A few days after the series concluded (after Brett’s dramatic homer off of Goose Gossage) Howser was fired.