winning at any price? no, that never bothered him. his point was, we take the money we make and we funnel it right back into the team. you know, had weighs really proud of the fact when he went to new york, cab drivers and truck drivers and yankee fans recognized and thanked him for spending money. i think he got a huge kick out of that, more than the criticism he got from 0 other cities. do you have a favorite steinbrenner story? there s so many. but i was covering the team back in the 1980s. i ll always remember that the roof box at the stadium where george had a box. you had to stop by, he was really ripping into his players at any moment. were you on call all the time covering george steinbrenner. it wasn t always fun, but it was always interesting. tom, we re going to put up a couple of sports illustrated covers of george steinbrenner. how do you think he will be remembered? well, i think he ll be remembered as a guy who cared so