worst George Steinbrenner behavior

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figure I know what the (rightful) winner will be, but dude racked up a series of son-of-a-bitch moves. which was his worst offense?

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Option	Votes
the Dave Winfield fiasco	4
His illegal contributions to Nixon and getting pardoned by the Gipper	3
His military-style grooming code	1
Apologizing to the City of New York for losing the World Series	1
Producing a shitty Broadway play	1
Firing literally everybody, esp Billy Martin	1
Hosting SNL in 1990	0
Calling out Jeter for partying too much	0
His legal contributions to the Bush family	0
Threatening McPhail for upholding the Royals pine tar protest	0
Holding a press conference where he lied and said he was beaten up by Dodgers fans to inspire the Yankees	0
Demanding Reggie Jackson hit cleanup or Martin was fired (and other meddling)	0
Other	0

― real warm grandpa (Neanderthal), Friday, 3 November 2023 21:11 (nine months ago) link

That is quite a list of accomplishments.

― immodesty blaise (jimbeaux), Friday, 3 November 2023 21:17 (nine months ago) link

what was the Broadway show?

― deep wubs and tribral rhythms (Boring, Maryland), Friday, 3 November 2023 21:21 (nine months ago) link

had never heard that Winfield story before - crazy!

― FRAUDULENT STEAKS (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Saturday, 4 November 2023 00:48 (nine months ago) link

I'll go with Winfield. (Could also add--think I have this right--trying to force Mattingly to trim his sideburns...while he was under suspension, I think.)

― clemenza, Saturday, 4 November 2023 00:50 (nine months ago) link

Weirdly enough--someone from New York can correct me on this--I think, in the end, most Yankee fans viewed him positively. He spent money in an effort to win. Recklessly, not very intelligently through the late '80s, but he never held back.

― clemenza, Saturday, 4 November 2023 00:53 (nine months ago) link

I mean, giving money illegally to Richard Nixon has to be pretty high up there.

Apparently, he assisted the FBI in a sting operation (or two) prior to his pardon?

― immodesty blaise (jimbeaux), Saturday, 4 November 2023 00:56 (nine months ago) link

Donnie!

― calstars, Saturday, 4 November 2023 00:59 (nine months ago) link

(Actually, you do essentially include the Mattingly incident at the top, missed that.)

― clemenza, Saturday, 4 November 2023 01:10 (nine months ago) link

three weeks pass...

Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.

― System, Thursday, 30 November 2023 00:01 (nine months ago) link

Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.

― System, Friday, 1 December 2023 00:01 (nine months ago) link

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