sticking a feather in my cap and calling it macaroni, i'm steven frasier. nbc news. why don't we write news like this anymore? a dandy of a birthday present for this yankee doodle? seriously? why wasn't i on the news then? it's so great. that meeting between fay vincent, the commissioner and steinbrenner didn't go well that day. the commissioner found not only had the yankees owner paid this outside guy to go dig up dirt to hurt one with of his own players but the guy he paid was a known big time sports gambler. being a professional sports team owner associated with professional gambling on sports is a problem for a lot of obvious reasons. on july 30, 1990 george steinbrenner was banned from major league baseball for life. or for three years, whichever came first. they banned him for life in 1990 and brought him back in 1993. what is a life ban that ends after three years? they reconsidered after three years, caved and brought him back just like his previous two the-year suspension just had fallen apart after a few months. they brought him back because the yankees ne