Yogi Berra Reacts To Steinbrenner's Death

Baseball legend Yogi Berra and his wife Carmen, who live in Montclair, mourned the death Tuesday of George Steinbrenner, who bought the Yankees team in 1973 and built it into a sports phenomenon. He was 80 and living in Tampa, Florida.

Berra released this statement after hearing the news:

"This is a very sad day for me and Carmen and all of baseball. My sympathies go out to the Steinbrenner family. George was The Boss, make no mistake. He built the Yankees into champions and that's something nobody can ever deny. He was a very generous, caring, passionate man. George and I had our differences, but who didn't? We became great friends over the last decade and I will miss him very much."