And throughout the ’80s and ’90s, Walters was a frequent guest in Steinbrenner’s private box at Yankee Stadium and in the Yankee Club.

Steinbrenner and Walters always insisted they were nothing more than good friends. But some members of Steinbrenner’s inner circle of confidants back in the ’80s suspected they might be something more. Joan Steinbrenner may have had her suspicions, too.

– Bill Madden, Steinbrenner: The Last Lion of Baseball

Oh, Bill Madden, what’d you do?

Look: I don’t begrudge the rich and famous their right to have torrid affairs, even if I’m somehow certain both Barbara Walters and George Steinbrenner could do better.

And I recognize that if and when George Steinbrenner and Barbara Walters endeavored said affair, it was back when they were younger and more attractive people. Plus, I should make it perfectly clear that I’m fine with old people enjoying, you know, Biblical relations. That I get.

But the mental images I carry of Steinbrenner and Walters are somewhat recent ones, and so now thanks to Bill Madden, I cannot shake the thought of old-man Steinbrenner carnally engaged with old-lady Barbara Walters in a smoky old luxury box overlooking a Yankees game. It’s damn near horrifying to consider.

My apologies.

Also, apparently it’s Bill Madden day on TedQuarters. Who knew?