Photos: George M. Steinbrenner | 1930-2010

Steinbrenner, making his return to baseball after a two-year ban, autographs baseballs for waiting fans as he heads into Yankee Stadium for the season opener against the Kansas City Royals in 1993.
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Steinbrenner holds the tongue of Kentucky Derby entry Concerto inside the barns at Churchill Downs in Louisville, Ky., in 1997. At right is Lawrence Broy.
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Yankees shortstop Derek Jeter, rear, greets Manager Joe Torre, left, and Steinbrenner at the start of a rally at New York City Hall honoring the 1999 world champion Bronx Bombers.
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Steinbrenner waves to fans after watching the Alex Rodriguez news conference on television in 2004 from the Yankees minor league complex in Tampa, Fla. The Yankees acquired Rodriguez from the Texas Rangers.
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New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg, left, shakes hands with Steinbrenner during a news conference in 2005 announcing plans for a new Yankee Stadium.
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Steinbrenner is accompanied by his daughter, Jennifer Steinbrenner Swindal, left, the Yankees’ senior vice president for new stadium public affairs, and his wife, Joan, during a 2008 ceremony renaming Legends Field as George M. Steinbrenner Field.
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Steinbrenner sits with his daughter Jennifer Steinbrenner Swindal in the family’s private box watching the Yankees defeat the Philadelphia Phillies during a spring training game March 8 at Steinbrenner Field in Tampa, Fla.
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Fans photograph the seven World Series championship trophies won by the Yankees under Steinbrenner’s ownership before New York’s game July 4 -- Steinbrenner’s 80th birthday -- against the Toronto Blue Jays at Yankee Stadium.
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