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This Feb. 17, 2004, file photo shows New York Yankees owner George Steinbrenner gesturing outside the Yankees' minor league complex in Tampa, Fla. A person close to George Steinbrenner says the Yankees owner died Tuesday morning, July 13, 2010. (AP Photo/Chris O'Meara, File)

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This March 6, 2010, file photo shows New York Yankees Hall of Famer Reggie Jackson (left) sitting with Yankees principal owner and Chairman George Steinbrenner during a Yankees spring training baseball game against the Toronto Blue Jays at Steinbrenner Field in Tampa, Fla. George Steinbrenner, who rebuilt the Yankees into a sports empire with a mix of bluster and big bucks that polarized fans all across America, died Tuesday, July 13, 2010. He had just celebrated his 80th birthday July 4. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens, File)

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In this Oct. 29, 1999, file photo, New York Yankees shortstop Derek Jeter (rear) greets manager Joe Torre (left) and team owner George Steinbrenner at the start of the rally at City Hall honoring the 1999 World Series-winning New York Yankees in New York. A person close to George Steinbrenner says the Yankees owner died Tuesday, July 13, 2010. (AP Photo/Richard Drew, File)

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This Feb. 27, 1999, file photo shows New York Yankees principal owner George Steinbrenner talking to reporters in the dugout at Legends Field in Tampa, Fla. A person close to George Steinbrenner says the Yankees owner died Tuesday morning, July 13, 2010. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens, File)

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In this March 27, 2008, file photo, Jennifer Steinbrenner Swindal (left), New York Yankees senior vice president for new stadium public affairs, holds onto her father, Yankees principal owner George Steinbrenner (center), along with his wife, Joan, during a pregame ceremony renaming Legends Field as George M. Steinbrenner Field at a spring training baseball game in Tampa, Fla. A person close to George Steinbrenner says the Yankees owner died Tuesday morning, July 13, 2010. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens, File)

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In a Thursday, March 27, 2008, photo, New York Yankees owner George Steinbrenner (right) slaps hands with his son Hal before a pregame ceremony renaming Legends Field in Tampa, Fla., as George M. Steinbrenner Field. A person close to George Steinbrenner says the Yankees owner died Tuesday morning, July 13, 2010. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens, File)

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This March 8, 2010, file photo shows New York Yankees Chairman and principal owner George M. Steinbrenner (right) sitting with daughter Jennifer Steinbrenner Swindal in the family's private box and watching the Yankees defeat the Philadelphia Phillies 7-5 in a spring training baseball game at Steinbrenner Field in Tampa, Fla. A person close to George Steinbrenner says the Yankees owner died Tuesday morning, July 13, 2010. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens, File)

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ASSOCIATED PRESS FILE - In this May 7, 2000 file photo, New York Yankees public address announcer Bob Sheppard acknowledges the cheers of the fans at Yankee Stadium in New York. The New York Yankees say longtime public address announcer Bob Sheppard has died. His death was confirmed to The Associated Press on Sunday, July 11, 2010 by team spokesman Jason Zillo. Sheppard started with the Yankees in 1951. His impeccable introductions of stars from Joe DiMaggio to Derek Jeter earned him the nickname "The Voice of God."

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** FILE ** Xavier Nady is shown playing with the New York Yankees in 2008. (Associated Press)