Yahoo - George Steinbrenner is now truly the biggest of the Yankees greats—as measured in Monument Park. The colorful and combative owner was honored with the largest tribute in the team’s storied area of remembrance behind the center-field fence. His 7-by-5-foot, 760-pound monument of bronze atop a granite base was unveiled during a solemn ceremony Monday night attended by many of the stars he had feuded with and fawned over during his 37 1/2 -year tenure. “It’s big,” Derek Jeter said. “Probably just how The Boss wanted it. The biggest one out there.”….,“Do I think George should be in the Hall of Fame? Of course I do,” Selig said. “He changed the sport in a lot of ways.”……New York’s tribute to Steinbrenner, titled “The Boss,” is behind a quintet of 2-by-3-foot monuments honoring manager Miller Huggins (unveiled in 1932), Lou Gehrig (1941), Babe Ruth (1949), Mickey Mantle (1996) and Joe DiMaggio (1999). The other monument, to the victims and rescue workers of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, is on the left-field side of the area.

“A true visionary who changed the game of baseball forever,” the monument reads. “He was considered the most influential owner in all of sports. In 37 years as principal owner, the Yankees posted a major league-best .566 winning percentage, while winning 11 American League pennants and seven World Series titles, becoming the most recognizable sports brand in the world.

What a night last night. Big Stein getting memorialized with the other Yankee legends, just where he belongs. Sure his plaque is about a billion times bigger than all the others, but the dude built the whole freakin stadium and literally made the Yankees what they are today, which is the Greatest Franchise In All Of Sports. So he deserves the biggest plaque man is capable of making as far as I’m concerned.

And the memorializing doesn’t end with Monument Park. Tonight ESPN’s 30 for 30 series is all about the Boss. Don’t know why the hell they would air this at the same time that the actual Yankee game is on tonight, but I guess that’s why God invented DVR. Bottom line every franchise would be lucky to have an owner like George Steinbrenner at the top, who’s only goal every single year was winning and delivering a championship to his city. Newsflash that’s the whole point of sports folks. You. Play. To. Win. The. Game. And Steinbrenner did anything and everything he could to give his teams the best chance to win games.

These 30 for 30′s have all been fucking great so far, so no matter what team you root for, if you’re a baseball fan, this is must-see TV. And if you’re a Yankee fan, I dare you to watch this trailer and not get goosebumps.