George Steinbrenner

Former Seinfeld star George Steinbrenner died today at the age of 80. Here's a story from ESPN.com.

As a Mets fan, it's a difficult thing. Steinbrenner was the ultimate villian, a hard spending, super competitive owner who literally stopped at nothing to make sure his Yankees were in contention. I actually would have loved for the Wilpon family to have a fifth of the competitiveness and intensity.

Steinbrenner is exactly the type of owner every sports fan wants, somebody who wants to win as badly as the fans, if not more. I'd love for James Dolan to be out in the blue seats at Madison Square Garden, cursing out Devil and Islander fans, the way Mark Cuban does.

On the other hand, the guy was a colossal asshole. Let's not forget that the Yankees was dismal when Steinbrenner was fully involved in the decision making during the early 90's. It was during his exile from Major League Baseball that the Yankees kept and developed Jeter, Posada, Rivera, etc. Let's also not forget that Steinbrenner was a convicted felon who tried to rig a Presidential election for Richard Nixon.

But, in death, almost all things are forgiven, and we only remember the good in people. So, God bless, Boss. Hopefully, Hank Steinbrenner is just as crazy as you were.