Crash Course
03-14-2004, 11:46 PM
http://www.app.com/app/story/0,21625,924479,00.html
According to columnist Dan Ruth of the Tampa Tribune, Steinbrenner is anything but your standard-issue gazillionaire. He's a fairly accessible guy, said Ruth. He drives himself around town. He doesn't have a chauffeur. And he can usually be found greeting fellow Tampans and eating at Morrisons Cafeteria, his favorite breakfast spot, and Malios, an upscale eatery that serves as his unofficial Tampa headquarters.
Nor does he live in some remote fortress on a vast estate. His home, while certainly lovely and sizable, sits in a relatively unremarkable, if upscale, neighborhood just blocks from a busy commercial strip. He's apparently so humble the only public display of his name is the street sign identifying Steinbrenner Drive, the short access road leading to Legends Field, the Yankees spring training home.
But Steinbrenner didn't become Tampa's most adored citizen solely by being a man of the people. Mostly, he's hailed for his limitless, charitable capacity for writing checks whenever and wherever funds are needed. The stories of his kindness and generosity are legendary, said Ruth.
The feature, quoted above, continues with a story about Stein taking care of of all the medical espenses for an employee at a resturant who was battling cancer.
For all the Howie Spira stuff, he does much more like this on the positive side. Shame so many have him in such a bad light based on what little they know, and the whole lot that they don't, IMHO.
According to columnist Dan Ruth of the Tampa Tribune, Steinbrenner is anything but your standard-issue gazillionaire. He's a fairly accessible guy, said Ruth. He drives himself around town. He doesn't have a chauffeur. And he can usually be found greeting fellow Tampans and eating at Morrisons Cafeteria, his favorite breakfast spot, and Malios, an upscale eatery that serves as his unofficial Tampa headquarters.
Nor does he live in some remote fortress on a vast estate. His home, while certainly lovely and sizable, sits in a relatively unremarkable, if upscale, neighborhood just blocks from a busy commercial strip. He's apparently so humble the only public display of his name is the street sign identifying Steinbrenner Drive, the short access road leading to Legends Field, the Yankees spring training home.
But Steinbrenner didn't become Tampa's most adored citizen solely by being a man of the people. Mostly, he's hailed for his limitless, charitable capacity for writing checks whenever and wherever funds are needed. The stories of his kindness and generosity are legendary, said Ruth.
The feature, quoted above, continues with a story about Stein taking care of of all the medical espenses for an employee at a resturant who was battling cancer.
For all the Howie Spira stuff, he does much more like this on the positive side. Shame so many have him in such a bad light based on what little they know, and the whole lot that they don't, IMHO.