It’s not hard for people to draw comparisons to Mets owner Steve Cohen. When it comes to his big spending on free-agent talent, former Yankees owner George Steinbrenner is usually mentioned in the same breath as him.
All the similarities are there. They both are willing to do what it takes to put a winner on the field while owning a team in New York. Their respective personalities/actions also loom (or, loomed) over the game in a larger-than-life fashion. What does Cohen feel about this comparison? He answered that question, which was posed by ESPN’s Jeff Passan in a recent one-on-one interview:
George seemed bigger than life and passionate about baseball and brought a lot of life to the game.