Trump leads more like George Steinbrenner than Ronald Reagan, says Republican ex-MLB star who dealt with all 3

EXCLUSIVE: The New York Yankees are backmost successful the World Series, and Donald Trump is barreling toward the decorativeness enactment of his 3rd statesmanlike campaign. 

And determination retired there, George Steinbrenner mightiness beryllium watching with a vested interest. 

The precocious Yankees owner, known for his brash, unfiltered connection benignant and firing employees with ease, served arsenic a relation exemplary to the erstwhile president during Trump's ascent arsenic a New York City businessman. Trump watched Steinbrenner during Yankees games to observe his behavior. Multiple radical adjacent to Trump person said helium and Steinbrenner were adjacent friends. 

Former Los Angeles Dodgers prima Steve Garvey met some of them successful the 1980s, during the aboriginal years of Ronald Reagan's presidency. And for Garvey, who is present moving for U.S. Senate successful California arsenic a Republican, Reagan was his gateway into the GOP. 

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Donald Trump, astatine the behest of Yankees proprietor George Steinbrenner, speaks astatine the Boys & Girls Club of Greater Tampa's yearly Steak 'N' Burger payment astatine the Downtown Hyatt successful Tampa, Fla., Aug. 19, 1988. (Victor Junco/St. Petersburg Times/Getty Images)

Having worked straight with Reagan and Trump and having negotiated with Steinbrenner and played against the Yankees successful 3 World Series, Garvey believes Trump resembles Steinbrenner overmuch much than Reagan with respect to leadership.

"Much much similar Steinbrenner," Garvey told Fox News Digital erstwhile asked who Trump had much successful communal with arsenic a leader.

Garvey told Fox News Digital successful an exclusive interrogation helium archetypal met Reagan during the precocious president's archetypal foray into authorities from acting erstwhile helium served arsenic politician of California successful the 1970s. Garvey was inactive playing for the Dodgers astatine the time, but helium went retired of his mode to unpaid astatine Reagan's rallies. Garvey past had aggregate authorities dinners with Reagan during his presidency successful the '80s.

"One day, I said ‘Mr. President, what are your halfway beliefs?’ He looked down, called maine Steven, helium said ‘God, little taxes, smaller authorities and a accidental for radical to dream,’ and I thought, 'That's beauteous interesting,'" Garvey recalled. 

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President Ronald Reagan, right, and erstwhile Secretary of State Dr. Henry Kissinger susurration during a gathering successful 1983 successful Washington, D.C. (David Hume Kennerly/Getty Images)

Garvey met Trump nether precise antithetic circumstances. After Garvey retired from shot successful 1987, helium made a propulsion to acquisition the past squad helium played for, the San Diego Padres. Garvey tried to bring successful Trump arsenic an concern spouse successful 1989 to effort and marque the acquisition happen, but to nary avail. 

"We met for a small while, and helium had each his properties backmost east. He was funny but not that funny astatine the time," Garvey said. 

Garvey ne'er made a woody with Steinbrenner either. 

A 1982 New York Times nonfiction reported that Garvey and Steinbrenner met successful precocious November of that twelvemonth aft Garvey's declaration with the Los Angeles Dodgers had expired and helium deed escaped agency. Garvey had played successful 3 World Series against the Yankees astatine that clip and helped Los Angeles decision New York successful the astir caller gathering successful 1981. Garvey had already made the All-Star squad 8 times to that constituent and won NL MVP successful 1974. 

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"You couldn't assistance but person involvement aft talking to him," Steinbrenner said of Garvey astatine the time. "He's that benignant of guy."

However, the connection Steinbrenner was making reportedly lagged down the offers being made to different prima players. 

Still, Garvey's cause insisted the Yankees proprietor wanted to motion the prima archetypal baseman. 

"I person nary uncertainty George Steinbrenner wants Steve Garvey successful a Yankee azygous and is making a beardown effort to get Steve Garvey successful a Yankee uniform," the player's agent, Jerry Kapstein, said.

Los Angeles Dodgers archetypal baseman Steve Garvey walks up to bat during the 1981 play against the Cincinnati Reds astatine Riverfront Stadium.  (Malcolm Emmons/USA Today Sports)

Despite not coming to presumption connected a woody with Trump oregon Steinbrenner successful the 1980s and the evident similarities betwixt the two, Garvey and Trump are connected the aforesaid squad now, conscionable 9 days retired from the election. 

Garvey is the underdog successful his contention against his Democratic opponent, House Rep. Adam Schiff. Garvey trails Schiff successful a fig of polls. 

However, information shows that the authorities is leaning much Republican than it has successful decades. In August, the California Secretary of State released a study connected elector registration trends for the authorities since February, showing Republican registration surged successful each authorities Senate, authorities Assembly and legislature territory successful each 58 California counties.

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