George Steinbrenner will be making one of his rare appearances later tonight in the stadium he built. Mr. Steinbrenner will be there for Game#1 of the 2009 World Series. He has stopped by from time to time to talk with the team, but this will be a day like no other as the Yanks are back in the Fall Classic for the first time since 2003. He’s still our owner…and everyone wants to win one more for The Boss.
“We’re trying to do this for pops, Mr. Steinbrenner,” Yankees manager Joe Girardi said.
“It means a tremendous amount to him,” son Hank Steinbrenner said Monday. “And then winning the World Series would mean a tremendous amount to him.”
Steinbrenner has done everything in his power to put the best of the best on the field for this club, and it should be recognized. He is the one that turned this organizatrion around and turned them back into champions.
I’m sure he will be donning those dark glasses that he always wears nowadays and I hope they have him on the video board tonight in some capacity. He deserves all the credit in the world from these Yankees fans.
“We want to win this whole thing. We’re one step away. We want to do it for my dad.” said son Hal Steinbrenner, who was doused by Jeter in the clubhouse. “I know we all feel the same.”
“It would be great, it would be perfect, if we could win one more World Series for him,” Jorge Posada said. “It would be a great way to thank him.”
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