"For days Steinbrenner had been refusing comment through publicist Howard Rubenstein, but then, suddenly, he came waltzing into the Legends Field lunchroom that was packed with reporters yesterday. Surely this was his way of alerting the media he was ready to rumble.
Turned out he was just hungry.
Reporters waited him out, naturally, and rushed after him when he left the lunchroom. It was a scene that has been played out many times over the years, usually with the Yankee owner delivering his typically blunt commentary on one subject or another.
But in keeping with his more recent habit of staying out of the headlines, Steinbrenner refused to stop for reporters, offering only brief, innocuous answers to questions as he walked back to the elevators - and then returned to his fourth-floor office."
I'm John Harper reporting from Tampa, Florida with some late breaking news. George Steinbrenner has eaten lunch. Details at 11:00.
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