the charts. i m chris jansing live from msnb world headquarters in new york and the baseball world has been rocked. george steinbrenner, the lo long-time owner of the new york yankees has died after a massive heart attack. this statement just in from the yankees. they say he was a visionary and a giant in the world of sports. he took a great, but struggling franchise and turned it into a champion again. i m joined on the phone now by filmmaker ken burns. good to see you. thanks very much. a lot of times when you see statements at a time like this, but calling steinbrenner a visionary is no exaggeration, is it? not at all. his influence in the game of baseball has been central and, obviously, we extend our deeper condolences to the family but this is really the passing of an age. this is an utterly american character. we ve seen his type stride across our stage in many of our eras but last 30, 40 years of baseball can be, in some ways, considered steinbrenner here. this is