Hank Steinbrenner

Henry (Hank) Steinbrenner (born April 2, 1957 [ [http://www.ntra.com/stats_bios.aspx?id=15530 Hank Steinbrenner - NTRA ] ] ) is the part-owner of the New York Yankees along with his brother Hal Steinbrenner. Hank's title in the Yankee system is Senior Vice President of the New York Yankees. At present, Hank seems to be the future President/CEO of the Yankee organization given that his father, George Steinbrenner, has publicly expressed his intention to pass the team over to his sons as he gets older. The brothers also oversee the Steinbrenner family's hotel and horse-racing interests.

Since 2007 Hank and Hal have taken over most of the day-to-day responsibilities in the running of the team. Their father has stepped aside allowing Hank and Hal to make most of the decisions about the team in tandem with Yankees President Randy Levine and General Manager Brian Cashman.

When Alex Rodriguez opted out of his contract during the final game of the 2007 World Series, Steinbrenner vowed not to negotiate with him. Steinbrenner was quoted as asking if Rodriguez wanted to be remembered as a Yankee or a Toledo Mud Hen.Fact|date=March 2008 Three weeks later, Rodriguez called Steinbrenner and told him he wanted to come back, and Steinbrenner only agreed to negotiate on his own terms, though Rodriguez did ultimately receive a multi-year deal increasing his salary.

Steinbrenner is married to his wife Julie, and they have four children.

The Author

In September, Hank Steinbrenner took on a new challenge — sports columnist — by writing his first piece for the 122-year-old Sporting News magazine. The Yankees boss was set to write every other issue for the popular magazine. In his first column, Steinbrenner reminisced about Yankee Stadium, which was set to close after the 2008 regular season. In September of 2008, Crain's New York Business deemed [http://mycrains.crainsnewyork.com/newinfluentials/view/24 Hank and Hal Steinbrenner] two of the [http://mycrains.crainsnewyork.com/newinfluentials/view/24 most influential people] in New York City.

Public Persona

During his stewardship of the Yankees, Hank Steinbrenner, like his father, has gained a reputation for being outspoken. [http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=3271124 Hank Steinbrenner, in another outspoken moment, denounces Red Sox Nation] "ESPN.com", 1 March 2008.]

Steinbrenner voiced his displeasure with the term "Red Sox Nation" in a 2008 interview:

In response, Red Sox principal owner John W. Henry inducted him into Red Sox Nation, complete with a membership card giving him access to an array of options, including the group newsletter, bumper stickers, pins, Green Monster seats, and a hat personally autographed by David Ortiz. [http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=3273421 Boston owner grants Yanks' Steinbrenner membership in Red Sox Nation] "ESPN.com", 2 March 2008.]

Concerning the Yankees' spring training feud with the Tampa Bay Rays in 2008, Steinbrenner stated: "I don't want these teams in general to forget who subsidizes a lot of them, and it's the Yankees, the Red Sox, Dodgers, Mets...I would prefer if teams want to target the Yankees that they at least start giving some of that revenue sharing and luxury tax money back. From an owner's point of view, that's my point."

Regarding former Yankees manager Joe Torre; Steinbrenner has said his father did not get enough respect for hiring Torre in 1995, and that Joe Girardi has "...a little more fire in his belly" compared to Torre when it comes to managing. Steinbrenner has gone on to say that he will "support everything [Girardi] does" and " [Girardi] was the manager I wanted, and that's not anything towards Joe Torre. That's the manager we wanted at the time. Times change." [http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=3294998 Hank Steinbrenner says teams should not 'forget who subsidizes a lot of them'] "ESPN.com", 15 March 2008.]

Steinbrenner recently complained about the divisional alignments in Major League Baseball, which, not coincidentally, came shortly after the Yankees were eliminated from postseason play for the first time in 14 years.

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