Yankees Co-Owner Hank Steinbrenner Dies at 63

The New York Yankees family has lost another member of the Boss' leadership team on Tuesday.

Co-owner Hank Steinbrenner, who'd stepped away from the team in recent years and ceded much of the decision-making to his brother, Hal, has passed away at 63.

Per The New York Post's Joel Sherman, Steinbrenner succumbed to a long battle with illness, though his death was not COVID-19-related.

Once in line to succeed his father George atop the Yankees' mountain, Hank instead found his duties lessened in recent years, and was largely out of the public eye. His outspoken nature often brought him to the forefront in times of heavy media buzz, and also caused him to craft controversy where there often was none. He blasted Red Sox Nation, as a concept, back in 2008, railed in favor of the DH when Chien-Ming Wang was injured on the base paths, and fervently backed Joe Girardi over Joe Torre when a managerial change was made.

Since 2014, however, Hank has mostly done his work for the Yankees out of the limelight, and in the Tampa office.

Long before his father George passed, much of the team's decision-making had fallen to a brain trust of Hank, his brother Hal, Brian Cashman, and Randy Levine. In recent years, however, the recently-departed Steinbrenner had been phased out.

However the chips fell, we'd like to extend an earnest "rest in peace" to a man who was still very much a part of the Yankees family.