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Senate to vote on Steinbrenner honor

Published Jul. 14, 2010 6:15 a.m. ET

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Late New York Yankees owner George Steinbrenner will be honored by the U.S. Senate if a resolution introduced Tuesday passes as expected.

Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) took the Senate floor shortly before a recess to ask for recognition of the prickly owner "who changed the face of baseball forever."

"George Steinbrenner was a champion," Schumer said. "You can truly say there will never be another one like him."

The 80-year old, known as "The Boss," died Tuesday morning in Tampa, Fla. after suffering a massive heart attack. His health had been weak in recent years.

Under Steinbrenner's leadership the Yankees won seven World Series titles in 11 appearances, the most recent coming in 2009. But his rotund figure and cantankerous attitude made him as famous as the team's on-the-field success.

"I will never have a heart attack. I give them," he said once in a Yankees television documentary, according to USA Today.

Schumer's resolution was cosponsored by Sens. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.), George LeMieux (R-Fla.) and Bill Nelson (D-Fla.)
 

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