What I should've done was to confirm his identity ("Say, aren't you Cleveland Indians Executive Vice President and General Manager Mark Shapiro?)" and then lay in to him with a George Costanza-like tirade similar to the one he delivered in the classic Seinfeld episode "The Opposite:"
MR. STEINBRENNER: Nice to meet you.(Thanks to seinology.com for the script.)
GEORGE: Well, I wish I could say the same, but I must say, with all due respect, I find it very hard to see the logic behind some of the moves you have made with this fine organization. In the past twenty years you have caused myself, and the city of New York, a good deal of distress, as we have watched you take our beloved Yankees and reduced them to a laughing stock, all for the glorification of your massive ego!
MR. STEINBRENNER: Hire this man!
Instead, I picked up my Blizzard and got back in my car.
I suck.
