Stein ‧ bren ‧ ner, George /ˈstaɪnbrenəʳ/ BrE AmE
(1930–) a US ↑ businessman who became the owner of the New York Yankees baseball team in 1973. He is known for saying exactly what he thinks, paying a lot of money for baseball players, and for changing the manager of the team a lot. He was ↑ suspend ed from baseball for two years in the 1970s after he admitted illegally giving money to Richard Nixon's ↑ campaign for president. In 1990 he was ↑ ban ned from baseball after paying someone to get information on a player during an argument over that player's contract, but he was allowed to return in 1993.