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From the Associated Press:NEW YORK -- Once he was omnipresent at Yankee Stadium, micromanaging so much that World Series tickets could not be sent out until he revised the seating charts in his office. He raged at his players and celebrated them with equal gusto.Now George Steinbrenner is 79 and frail. Still the owner but no longer the leader of his beloved Yankees, he saw just three regular-season games this season.But he's coming back to New York just for the Series, and the Yankees can't wait."We're trying to do this for pops, Mr. Steinbrenner," Yankees manager Joe Girardi said.George Steinbrenner was missing from the bubbly fueled celebration in the well-appointed clubhouse of the new Yankee Stadium on Sunday night, after the Yankees captured their first American League pennant in six years. He preferred to watch from home in Tampa, Fla.But he was very much talked about.His deeds were praised. Toasts were made in his honor."It means a tremendous amount...
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