February 13, 2006
The Sweet Side of the Boss
George Steinbrenner rewarded a young Yankees fan for his charitable spirit:
A young New York Yankees fan who saved $1,000 so he could take himself out to a ballgame in the Bronx gave up the money to help keep his local school open. Yankees' owner George Steinbrenner found out about the boy's charity and invited him to New York.
"Jonathan, I couldn't be more proud of you," Steinbrenner wrote to Jonathan Farrar, a student in the Midland School District of Pleasant Plains. "I agree with you when you said, `The New York Yankees are important to me, but my school is more important.' You're absolutely right and it takes quite a man to give up his personal dream for a higher purpose."
George also replace the child's $1000. I saw The Boss give a speech at Harvard Business School after the 1978 World Series (it included the highlight film). One of the things Steinbrenner stressed to the B-School students in that address was giving back to the community. It looks like George is still living up to that himself.
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George does more of this than he lets on. I remember hearing from my parents (who live in Tampa, as does George) about how George bought blocks of tickets to Lightning playoff games for troops (there's a big Air Force base in Tampa) and their families, even during the playoffs. He's done a lot of generous things like that and it seems he tries to keep his name out of the paper for doing them.
