Owner of Major League Baseball made it on the official 20th November 2008, when they transfer the day-to-day operations of the Yankees by George Steinbrenner to his sons Hank and Hal approves. The move was a formality.
Steinbrenner, in declining health, had not interview in more than a year, given a. His power over the day to day handling of the team were reduced, his rare public appearances.
In his last months, his family took additional steps to shield him from the public.
Only in this season at some Steinbrenner Yankees games in spring training, not far from his home in Tampa, Florida stadium workers opened a gate that Steinbrenner driver in service corridor that under George Steinbrenner Field is taking may M. to him . From there, the boss could be put in his wheelchair and took the elevator to his private box on top of the stadium.
In Steinbrenner's prime, was camping with standard operating procedure for reporters on the staff dining room directly to the service corridor, just in case the boss was a talkative mood after lunch.
His rage always for good headlines.
These hordes were long gone now, replaced by a BMW sedan, blue Yankees finished with a sports booster sticker Steinbrenner High School near Lutz, Florida car was the the hall arriving, windows black tinted, ready to snatch away frail owners.
His appearances to see the Yankees were even rarer. So, when Steinbrenner was in his baseball team when he last July was in the Tropicana Field in St. Petersburg, Florida, for a game against the Rays, took the visits to a tone of reverence.
The Yankees had just spent a staggering $ 423,000,000 in order to inspire his squad with talent, proof that, although he to-day decisions are no longer treated the day, remained his win-at-all-costs spirit. But most players in the clubhouse that night had never met The Boss.
"There are few of us here used one to get him through the clubhouse over the years, Captain," said Derek Jeter Yankees that night. "But some of these guys, not really a chance to see him."
For about half an hour, Steinbrenner sat in the office of Manager Joe Girardi before the game, players greeting.
Among them was Nick Swisher, left in awe.
"It is the largest baseball organization, the biggest sports franchise in history created," he said. "That's impressive. 'll I was a little nervous there. "
Beginning of the game led the Yankees to the Red Sox by 2 1 / 2 games, a good place to be. But before Steinbrenner a private field led to to watch the game, he let Girardi with a brief message: "Just keep going. "
The Yankees beat the, rays 6-2 on the night of victory No. 62 of 114 in a season which ended with the 27 World Series Championship.
If the Yankees win Game 6 of World Series celebrated at the shiny new baseball palace, Steinbrenner had constructed a turbulent nine-year drought ends by winning one for the boss, Steinbrenner watched from his home in Tampa.
The party rolled through the winter, the peak season at home in this opener. In an emotional ceremony, the Yankees won their championship rings, and Steinbrenner was present.
"Certain things come to those ceremonies, the life long," Yankees general manager Brian Cashman said one at the time. "She saw the love."
Nowhere was this more evident than in the owners box 45 minutes before the public ceremony began about. Jeter, Cashman, Girardi, Reggie Jackson, members of the Steinbrenner family - those to whom he had loved with and feuds over the years - gathered Patriarch to surprise the.
"These are the memories remind you, these intimate moments," Jeter said Tuesday, recalling the last time he spoke with The Boss.
Jeter joked with Steinbrenner and asked him to take off Ohio State ring, allusions to the real reason for his visit.
The visit ended with Steinbrenner pulling a ring from one of the 2000 World Series, and replace it with the one from 2009.
"He was just speechless," said Hal Steinbrenner.
Of all the people in the Yankees organization, it was Steinbrenner, who won his first championship ring.
In its sunset, the last lions had gone to the top.
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