RIP George Steinbrenner

[honz]

Good lord, ESPN Radio was brutal today. All I wanted was a little bit of news on the Jazz's trade situations and they spent about 10 straight hours talking about a guy that had just died. I get it, he meant a lot to the world of sports, but let's mix it up a little bit will ya?

 

[bordelais7]

So only one athlete? That's interesting. Unless one of those dudes is athlete I've never heard of. What about Ali?

The Jean-King dude was an athlete.

 

[Archie Moses]

Rarely. Got way too crowded after the Olympics.

You mean, when they put in the pool? How old are you, bordy?

 

[Archie Moses]

I actually do agree about Bill Rasmussen. Now that I think about it, he's probably number 1, eh?

 

[Deleted member 95]

? Should I delete it?

There's only one answer to get you out of this awkward bloody mess with Archie:



Break out the HymenOne.



It's the only way bro.

 

[Loki]

The Jean-King dude was an athlete.

So was Jean-Claude Van Damme.

All hail Lionheart.

 

[VINYLONE]

Just want to jump in here and say that this thread is golden...I just woke up from a nap.

I love how Nick came out of nowhere with a proper response.

 

[VINYLONE]

You mean, when they put in the pool? How old are you, bordy?

Wow, that was creep as ****.

 

[YB85]

My brother just forwarded me a text: Now that Steinbrenner is in heaven, will he make Jesus shave and cut his hair?

 

[candrew]

The one thing you won't hear over the next few days is that the best thing that ever happened to The Yankees was when Steinbrenner was suspended from baseball in 1990. That gave his baseball men (mainly Gene Michael) 3 years to build a team from the ground-up without his meddling - which turned out to be the foundation for all their World Series in the mid to late 90's.

Without that suspension Steinbrenner probably would have bought a few post-season appearances (especially with the expanded playoff format) but they never would have had the dynasty that they had.

 

[candrew]

My brother just forwarded me a text: Now that Steinbrenner is in heaven, will he make Jesus shave and cut his hair?

Ha - funny story: early in his career during spring training Lou Pinella was called in to George's hotel room. George told him his hair was too long and if he wanted to play he needed to get his hair cut first. Lou asked him if he'd make Jesus get a haircut. George took Lou outside the hotel to the pool area and told him if he can walk across the pool without getting wet then he doesn't have to get his haircut.

So you can text your brother and tell him Jesus is good to go.