George Steinbrenner, whose 37-year run as the principal owner of the New York Yankees transformed professional sports for better or worse, died this morning after suffering a massive heart attack. He was 80. More than just a shipbuilding magnate turned Major League oligarch, Steinbrenner also became a pop-culture monolith in fairly short order; his penchant for hiring and firing more managers in the ’70s and ’80s than most teams see in a half-century (including Billy Martin five times ) made him a polarizing figure in New York and beyond. And he could thank Seinfeld for at least some of that notoriety.
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George Steinbrenner Dead at 80; Remember His Best Seinfeld Rant
