Steinbrenner Raises the Issue of Retirement

[James]

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Steinbrenner manufactured his own intrigue yesterday in two telephone calls.

In the first one, he was discussing the business acumen of his sons, Hank and Hal, and his son-in-law, Steve Swindal, when he said: "You don't want to let go, but I'm going to let go. After this many years and so many ups and downs, if I can deliver a championship, I can feel like I can step aside."

I had no idea he was 73 years old. I guess I never thought about it, but he has been around a long time. I'm surprised to see YankeesNets put the Nets up for sale this week, but I guess its just the start of the end of George...