" Regardless, as Munson was beloved by his teammates, Martin, Steinbrenner and Yankee fans, the relationships between them and Jackson became very strained.

However, George Steinbrenner made a crucial intervention when he gave Martin the option of either having Jackson bath in the 4th or " cleanup " spot for the rest of the season, or losing his job.

In 1981, the last year of his Yankee contract, Jackson endured several difficulties from George Steinbrenner.

Steinbrenner never did ( some say never intending to ) and Jackson played the season as a free agent.

Jackson started slowly with the bat, and, when the 1981 Major League Baseball strike began, Steinbrenner invoked a clause in Jackson's contract forcing him to take a complete physical examination.

Jackson was outraged and blasted Steinbrenner in the media.

Jackson was medically cleared to play Game 3, but manager Bob Lemon refused to start him or even play him, allegedly acting under orders from Steinbrenner.

The at-bat began with Yankee fans, angry at Steinbrenner for letting Jackson get away, starting the " Reg-GIE!

Jackson and Steinbrenner would reconcile, and Steinbrenner would hire him as a " special assistant to the principal owner ", making Jackson a consultant and a liaison to the team's players, particularly the minority players.

When Reggie Jackson tells a young kid how me might improve his swing, he tends to listen ," said Hal Steinbrenner, Yankees ' managing general partner and co-chairperson.

In 1985, a bitter Steinbrenner derided Winfield by saying to New York Times writer Murray Chass, " Where is Reggie Jackson?

Also on hand for the game were Yankees owner George Steinbrenner, coach Yogi Berra, and players Reggie Jackson, Bucky Dent, Lou Piniella, Bobby Murcer, Goose Gossage, Tommy John, and Johnny Oates.

He feuded publicly with both Yankee owner George Steinbrenner and star outfielder Reggie Jackson.

Steinbrenner had a rule about facial hair, which Reggie Jackson would skirt around from time to time in 1980.

Other books included a biography of Robert F. Kennedy ;. 44 ( with Jimmy Breslin ), a fictionalized account of the hunt for Son of Sam killer David Berkowitz ; Turned On, about upper middle-class drug abuse ; An Illustrated History of the Olympics, a coffee-table book on the history of the modern Olympic Games ; The Perfect Jump, on the world record-breaking long jump by Bob Beamon in the 1968 Summer Olympics ; My Aces, My Faults with Nick Bollettieri ; Steinbrenner !, a biography of mercurial New York Yankees owner George Steinbrenner ; and Bo Knows Bo with Bo Jackson.

* October Men: Reggie Jackson, George Steinbrenner, Billy Martin, and the Yankees ' Miraculous Finish in 1978 ( 2002 )

Yankees present at the game were owner George Steinbrenner, coach Yogi Berra, and players Reggie Jackson, Bucky Dent, Lou Piniella, Bobby Murcer, Goose Gossage, Tommy John, and Johnny Oates.

A July 8, 1980 New York Times Article titled " What George Steinbrenner is to the American League, Lee Eisenberg is to the Rotisseries League " set off a media storm that led to stories about the league on CBS TV and other publications.

Although team owner George Steinbrenner and several players, most notably catcher and team captain Thurman Munson and outfielder Lou Piniella, were excited about his arrival, Martin was not.

Throughout the late ' 80s, Steinbrenner regularly leaked insulting ( and often fictitious ) stories about Winfield to the press.

In the 1994 movie The Scout, Albert Brooks wants a psychiatrist to send a letter to George Steinbrenner, and adds that it might be nice to put " sorry about Billy Martin " in the closing.

In the Seinfeld episode (" The Wink "), after George Costanza accidentally gets one of his co-workers in the Yankees organization fired, the fictional George Steinbrenner goes on a long rant to George about the many people he has had to let go over the years.

In, New York Yankees owner George Steinbrenner made headlines by signing Winfield to a 10-year, $ 23 million ($ today ) contract, making him the game's highest-paid player.

Steinbrenner mistakenly thought he was signing Winfield for $ 16 million ($ today ), a misunderstanding that led to the most infamous public feud in baseball history.

With the Lucas signing, Steinbrenner had a secret deal with NBA commissioner Maurice Podoloff.

* 1990 – George Steinbrenner is forced by Commissioner Fay Vincent to resign as principal partner of New York Yankees for hiring Howie Spira to " get dirt " on Dave Winfield.

On July 30, 1990, Vincent banned New York Yankees owner George Steinbrenner from baseball for life after Steinbrenner paid Howie Spira, a small-time gambler, $ 40, 000 for " dirt " on his outfielder Dave Winfield after Winfield sued Steinbrenner for failing to pay his foundation the $ 300, 000 guaranteed in his contract.

Steinbrenner didn't find this humorous, and criticised Winfield at the end of the series.

In, the feud between Steinbrenner and Winfield had escalated to the point where Steinbrenner was " banned for life " from running the Yankees because of his connections to Howie Spira, a known gambler with Mafia connections, whom he had paid $ 40, 000 for embarrassing information on Winfield.

Nonetheless, when he was inducted Winfield sounded a conciliatory note toward Steinbrenner:

Randolph was gunned down at the plate on a relay throw by George Brett, prompting Steinbrenner to jump out of his seat and shout what appeared to be profanities on live national television.

The decision was controversial as Berroa beat out both Baldelli and Matsui in the closest vote since 1980, prompting criticism from Yankee owner George Steinbrenner.

Following his trade out of New York, Tartabull expressed his disdain for Yankees owner George Steinbrenner, saying that getting out of New York was like having been " released from jail ".

In 1996 they moved to the new George M. Steinbrenner Field, the New York Yankees ' spring training facility.

The new Steinbrenner Performing Arts Center consists of a scene shop, dance studio, and private dance studio.

In 2005, Bellamy Road set a new stakes record of 1: 47. 16 at the 1⅛ mile distance in winning by 17½ lengths for his famous owner, George Steinbrenner.

Houk even said that Steinbrenner insisted he'd get some new players to restore the team's greatness.

Showalter and Yankees owner George Steinbrenner did not agree to a contract extension, so Colangelo quickly hired Showalter as future manager of the Diamondbacks.

Steinbrenner signed All-American Jerry Lucas to a contract worth $ 40, 000.

The following season with the Yankees at 11 – 14, he was fired in June by Steinbrenner, replaced by Martin, and but remained with the organization as Lemon had a contract through the 1982 season.

However, Finley protested that Williams owed Oakland the final year of his contract and could not manage anywhere else, and so Steinbrenner hired Bill Virdon instead.