Yeah, Another George Steinbrenner Post: Remember His Mysterious Fight In L.A. During 1981 World Series?

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I was a huge Yankees fan in 1981, having that summer gone to my first Major League game at Yankee Stadium as a 6-year old. Reggie Jackson hit a monster home run, there was a bench-clearing brawl, the young women behind us were smoking weed, and we beat the traffic home. Thus, I was and am a Yankees fan. Cut me some slack.

A few months later, the 1981 World Series against the Dodgers unfolded as one of the weirder in modern times.

A journeyman name George Frazier managed to lose three games for the Yankees, a World Series record.

Goose Gossage hit Ron Cey in the head with a 100-m.p.h. fastball.

Reggie Jackson made a crucial error when he lost the ball in the late afternoon L.A. sun.

And Steinbrenner, the Yankee owner who died today, likely punched a wall after one of the losses in L.A., but then came up with this incredible story that he'd been in a fight with two Dodger fans.

Here was his money quote: "There are two guys in this town looking for their teeth and two guys who will probably sue me."

No one sued. The Dodgers won in six games, ending a World Series drought and giving Tommy Lasorda the first of two rings as manager.