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George Steinbrenner Apologizes

George Steinbrenner Apologizes – Fourteen years later, Steinbrenner apologized to Berra, and the two ended up close friends.

That’s the way it was with “The Boss” – no middle ground.

“He said, ‘It was the worst mistake in my life,’” Berra said Tuesday at his museum in New Jersey. “We became very good friends.”

The 80-year-old Steinbrenner died in Tampa, Fla., early Tuesday after having a heart attack. Tributes came from Yankee greats to baseball executives to former President Bill Clinton and Jerry Seinfeld. He was described only in superlatives – the way he would have liked it.

“I think he’s a father figure to everyone that was in our organization in the past or present, because he really took care of his players,” Yankees captain Derek Jeter said.

Flags were lowered to half-staff at New York’s City Hall and a marquee outside the $1.5 billion Yankee Stadium – “the house that George built” – honored “George M. Steinbrenner III, 1930-2010.”

“Who else could be a memorable character on a television show without actually appearing on the show? You felt George even though he wasn’t there,” said Seinfeld, the star and co-creator of the show. That’s how huge a force of personality he was.”

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