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 More Yankees NewsYankees LinksAbout one week after George Steinbrenner?s death, the Yankees approached U.S. Bronze, of New Hyde Park, N.Y., about creating a Steinbrenner memorial. The size of Steinbrenner's monument has sparked debate. The work began a month ago, said Peter Kasten, the sales manager for U.S. Bronze. ?It?s hard to capture a good likeness in a glob of clay, but I think it really captured his look,? he said of the Steinbrenner plaque. U.S. Bronze?s foundry has produced nearly all the plaques in Monument Park, and also created the statue of Steinbrenner now in the lobby of Gate 2. Kasten said he was unaware of any debate about the size of the Steinbrenner plaque as it was being constructed. ?It almost looks like they were preserving the space for him,? he said. ?I don?t know if anyone ever said we?d save the space for him, but it was floating out there as a concept,? said Lonn Trost, the Yankees? chief operating officer. He said that there were no conversations with Steinbrenner about the memorial. Trost and Deborah A. Tymon, the team?s senior vice president for marketing, said that one element of the concept for the Steinbrenner plaque was looking at the old ones of Ruppert and Barrow, which are mounted on front walls in Monument Park. |
