To the Editor:
While many New Yorkers mourn the man who helped return the Yankees to
supremacy, it is also important to remember that George Steinbrenner
greatly diminished baseball for about two-thirds of the fans.
That is roughly the percentage of teams that start each season with no
realistic chance of becoming champions because they can’t afford the
best players under the twisted system that Mr. Steinbrenner exploited.
Yes, he was a brilliant businessman, but he spoiled the sport that so
many loved back when it was played on a level field.
Paul Kaplan
Roswell, Ga., July 14, 2010
Note from KBJ: Bingo. Steinbrenner turned a sport, which has its own ideals, into a business. Only someone who believes that the end justifies the means could celebrate that.
Keith Burgess-Jackson, J.D., Ph.D. 