his name, george steinbrenner. born on july 4th, 1930, steinbrenner but together a group that bought the yankees in 1973 for $8.6 million. he ruled with an iron fist and had just one goal in mind winning. i don t like to lose. i don t like to lose for new york. i don t like to lose for yankee fans. i just don t like to lose. i m not a good loser. show me a good loser, and i ll show you a loser. he was more than a sportsman. he took over because he wanted to win and win every year. reporter: no one was immune from the wrath of the boss, office personnel, players and managers were all equal opportunity targets. i m not an easy guy to work for because i m a tough boss but i don t expect anything more from my players and people than
for the louisiana shrimp. the things that people want most. you re out of oysters? we re out. reporter: inventory is running thin. he can t afford to have any fresh seafood that might go bad. do you see an end to this ripple effect? with hurricane season blooming in on us right now, i m just praying we don t have a major storm. reporter: long accustomed to bouncing back from hurricanes, alford said the oil disaster has stolen his resilience and left him vulnerable. hello, everybody, i m tony harris. top of the hour where anything top of the hour where anything can happen. captions by vitac www.vitac.com many of you are out of work. what is congress doing to help? my unemployment is about to run out. i ve spread my search for a full-time job to wanting to get a part-time job. he was known as the boss and
in major league baseball. the team won seven world series titles. understand his ownership, just last hour, i talked with sports illustrated editor tom berducci about whether the years were good for baseball. reporter: it has to be good for baseball. you didn t care about the yankees. they were not a threat. they certainly didn t have the international brand recognition which they have right now, which ask, you know, one of the best in the world, obviously. it s because of george steinbrenner. he obviously was so successful at what he did, baseball had to change its economic system. the yankees were making so much money that they said, hey, we need revenue sharing. we need to find a way with george to share his money with us. that s why we have revenue sharing today. the common perception was, he bought his championships and
diabetes drug avandia be pulled off the market. cnn s chief medical correspondent, dr. sanjay gupta explains why. turn it on. and let it heat up. reporter: edward darden was diagnosed with diabetes two years ago. in 2006, he started take ago va taking avandia. and then the headline, a 43% increase in heart attacks for people on avandia. the dr. steven neeson wrote about it. we ve had information for several years that avandia increases the risk of heart attack inpatients. reporter: in 2007, this same panel voted, 22 to 1, that the evidence was too weak to take it off the market. one reason, a large clinical trial called record. it was funded by glaxosmithkline, the company
to give us some direction as to whether the medicine is safe or not. if there s a better alternative, something that doesn t have as much risk, i d rather do that. i think that s what we did. reporter: edward darden didn t wait. he switch sod another medication and he s not alone. prescription by avandia are down by two-thirds in the past three years. dr. sanjay gupta, cnn reporting. i m in for ali velshi today. we re following two major stories dominating the day s headlines. first off, six hours away from the start of tonight s all-star game. the baseball world reacts to the death of legendary yankees owner george steinbrenner and the big question in the gulf of mexico, our second big issue. has bp finally contained the gushing oil that new cap is in place and being put to the test right now. we are watching for that. let s start with major league baseball losing george steinbrenner. that is the former owner the