Just months after George Steinbrenner’s death, Hank Steinbrenner is hoping to see his father elected to the Hall of Fame.
The longtime Yankees owner, who died in July, is on the Veterans Committee ballot. The results of the 12-man vote will be announced on Dec. 6.
“It would be a big deal . . . it just would,” Hank Steinbrenner told the Associated Press yesterday.
George Steinbrenner bought the Yankees in 1973 and led them to seven World Series titles.
“There’s very few owners in the history of baseball that changed baseball as much as he did. He did a lot, but the biggest thing of all was really the fact he brought back the Yankees and that’s so critical to baseball,” said Hank, the oldest son of the Boss.
Steinbrenner appears on the ballot along with Billy Martin, whom he fired five times as manager of the Yankees.
Additional reporting by the Associated Press


