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* The saving grace of George Steinbrenner, the principal owner of the New York Yankees, is that he understands the Yankee Idea, symbolized by those bronze plaques in the outfield at Yankee Stadium, the House that Ruth Built. The Yankees' mission is to be the best in baseball, as New York's mission has been to be the Empire City, in finance and culture, home of the late and correctly (if immodestly) named World Trade Center. Now Steinbrenner, putting money where his mouth is, has pulled off the greatest deal since Morgan consolidated U.S. Steel by buying out Andrew Carnegie. ...