" ¢ Steinbrenner was indicted on 14 felonious count on April 5 , 1974 , then plead shamefaced to puddle illegal contribution to Nixon ’s re - election campaign and blockage of justness on August 23 . He was suspend for two age , but later reduced that amount to nine calendar month , with Steinbrenner deliver to the Yankees in 1976 .
On January 19 , 1989 , in one of the final acts of his presidential term , Ronald Reagan granted Steinbrenner a full and unconditionalpardon . ( ? ! ? )
" ¢ After a Yankee loss in game three of the 1981 World Series in Los Angeles , Steinbrenner phone a public press conference in his hotel elbow room . He go forward to show off his left hand , which was in a mould , and various other injuries he claim were the production of a engagement with two Dodgers rooter in the hotel lift ( " There are two Guy in this town looking for their tooth and two guys who will probably action me . " ) Nobody came frontward about the fighting , leading most to trust that he had made up the story of the fight to light a fire under the Yankees . That did n’t occur , either .
" ¢ On July 30 , 1990 ( my 11th natal day ) , commissioner Fay Vincent banned Steinbrenner from baseball for liveliness . A harsh penalization for a nonsense offence . Steinbrenner paid Howie Spira , a small - clip risk taker , $ 40,000 to dig up dirt on outfielder Dave Winfield . He had action his Boss for failing to ante up Winfield ’s foundation the $ 300,000 guarantee in his contract .
" ¢ In 1985 , sixteen games into the time of year , he fire Yankee icon and legend Yogi Berra . Berra was just one of twenty managers in George ’s first twenty - three years .
More Steinbrenner magichere , good manners of Jeff Merron of ESPN Page 2 .
