Control of Yanks Shifts to Hal

From MLB.com:

Major League Baseball owners designated Hal Steinbrenner as control person of the New York Yankees, Commissioner Bud Selig announced on Thursday, officially ending George Steinbrenner's 35-year tenure as the Yankees' boss.

Hal Steinbrenner, the co-chairman of the team along with his older brother, Hank, will now be the liaison between the Commissioner's office and the team and the point person for the club at all future owners' meetings.

Hank will continue to remain in charge of baseball operations. Hal was named control person because he's in charge of the team's business operations.

"As I said at the meeting, I appreciate the confidence that Commissioner Selig and the rest of the owners have in me," Hal Steinbrenner said. "I realize it's a great responsibility. Needless to say, my dad is a tough act to follow. But I'm going to do it to the best of my ability and give it my all every day. I certainly won't make light of the magnitude of it."

"He's been slowing down for the last couple of years," Hal Steinbrenner said of his 78-year-old father. "For the last two years, I've been intimately involved with all departments and all aspects of the company. It's what I've been doing day-to-day. My duties really aren't going to change, and my work days really aren't going to change much.

"It's as much a procedural thing within the family, at this point."

I'm not sure if this will change anything, according to Hal it won'.t And I'm sure Hank and Hal will still be working together on many things. Either way, the right brother was chosen as the new boss.

Here's the official press release from the Yankees.