Yankee Owner George Steinbrenner Forced to Resign On this day, in 1990 George Steinbrenner is forced by Commissioner Fay Vincent to resign as principal partner of NY Yankees for making $40,000 payment to gambler. July 30, 1990 Sport: Baseball Trivia What Are the Five Events That Make Up the Modern Olympic Pentathon? Which Nations Won the Gold, Silver and Bronze Medals the Last Time Baseball Was an Olympic Sport? sports in this article Baseball tags in this article Fan On This Day SportsEngine