to improve the franchise, in terms of signing free agent players, the first jim the catfish hunter on christmas eve of 1974. and that ushered in a total change for the sport, which many people have seen as sort of destructive of its purity and its nostalgic quality, and yet has, in terms of profit for players and fans, has was the golden goose, and he s largely responsible from the owner s side for making it happen. now we re in a situation here, keith, where senator chuck schumer, as i speak, is on the floor of the senate talking about the passing of yankees owner george steinbrenner, and here was steinbrenner, who in the last couple years had taken a back seat. he had let his sons take over the head role in terms of management of the baseball team. darryl strawberry came on with me and he said, keith, that here was an owner who stuck by him even through the tough times, was pivotal in helping strawberry and the yankees get to those world championships