Harrell Edmond Chiles Biography
Harrell Edmond Chiles * Born May 11, 1910 in Itasca, TX USA * Died August 22, 1993 in Fort Worth,...
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Harrell Edmond Chiles * Born May 11, 1910 in Itasca, TX USA * Died August 22, 1993 in Fort Worth,...
Read MoreConnie Mack Essentials Positions: Catcher/Manager/OwnerBats: R Throws: RWeight: 150Born: Year:...
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Charles Finley Biography flamboyant, innovative, and controversial One of the most flamboyant,...
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News leaks out that an investment group headed by former US Olympic Committee chief Harvey Schiller is interested in buying the Astros from Drayton McLane, Jr. McLane has given them a 30-day window to exclusively negotiate a deal but no offer materializes.
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Cincinnati Reds owner Marge Schott agrees to sell her controlling interest in the Reds to a group headed by Carl H. Lindner, ending her 14-year tenure. The group will pay a total of $67 million.
Read MorePosted by This Day in Baseball | Mar 1, 1993 | Franchise News, Owners | 0 |
On March 1, 1993, New York Yankees owner George Steinbrenner resumes his role as the team’s...
Read MoreMarge Schott is suspended for one year and fined $25,000 by a committee of her major league peers for bringing “disrepute and embarrassment” to the national pastime. The 64 year-old will also be required to attend and complete multi-cultural sensitivity training programs due to the numerous racial and ethnic remarks she is alleged to have made as the owner of the Reds.
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1992 – Marge Schott is quoted in today’s New York Times as saying, that Adolph Hitler was initially good for Germany, that her references to “niggers” were in jest, and that she couldn’t understand why the word “Jap” was offensive. The major leagues will appoint a four-man committee to investigate Schott and will eventually suspend her for her insensitive and inappropriate remarks.
Read MoreDrayton McLane, Jr. officially becomes owner of the Houston Astros, purchasing the team from John McMullen for $115 million.
Read More1992 – Boston Red Sox owner Jean R. Yawkey dies at the age of 83. For the first time in 59 years, someone other than a Yawkey will own the team. Mrs. Yawkey’s husband, Tom, became president of the Red Sox in 1933, and was the sole owner of the team for 44 seasons, longer than anyone in major league baseball history.
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After finding no other clubs interested in signing him, free agent pitcher and 20-game winner Jack Morris agrees to salary arbitration with the Tigers while at the same time accusing the major league owners of collusion against free agents. Morris had offered to sign a one-year contract, with salary to be determined by an arbitrator, with either the Yankees, Angels, Twins or Phillies, but was turned down by all four.
Read More1981 – Bill Giles, Phillies vice president for the past 11 years, heads a group that purchases the club for just over $30 million, the highest price paid to date for a major league club. Giles is the son of long-time National League president and Hall of Fame member Warren C. Giles.
Read MorePosted by This Day in Baseball | Aug 23, 1980 | Franchise News, Owners | 0 |
Charlie Finley sells the Oakland A’s to the Levi Strauss company for nearly $13 million
Read More1978 – Under the financial reorganization of the club, Steve O’Neill becomes the principal owner of the Cleveland Indians.
Read MorePosted by This Day in Baseball | May 11, 1977 | Franchise News, Owners | 0 |
On May 11, 1977, Atlanta Braves owner Ted Turner decides to take the managerial reigns of his...
Read MorePosted by This Day in Baseball | Jan 2, 1977 | Commissioner, Owners | 0 |
On January 2, 1977 MLB Commissioner Bowie Kuhn suspends Atlanta Braves owner Ted Turner for one...
Read MoreWTCG-TV owner Ted Turner obtains 100% of the Atlanta Braves for $12 million. ‘Captain Ted’ purchases the club to provide sports programming for his local channel 17, but when the FCC permits the station to use a satellite in December to broadcast shows on cable networks, the franchise, now available to be viewed by millions of subscribers, will become known as America’s Team.
Read MoreWith little encouragement from the other American League owners, Bill Vleck, who will see his new team win their first pennant in 40 years, reacquires the White Sox when he purchases 80% of the team as part of an investment group that is intent on keeping the franchise in Chicago. Former owner John Allyn had been pressured by the league to sell his club to a Seattle interest to help quell a lawsuit that was a result of the AL’s approval in 1970 to move the one year-old expansion Pilots from the ‘Emerald City’ to Milwaukee.
Read More1975 – Bill Veeck and assistant Roland Hemond set up shop in the hotel lobby at the winter meetings with a sign saying “open for business” and start dealing, making seven trades in two days. First to go are pitcher Jim Kaat and SS Mike Buskey to the Phillies. The Sox receive pitchers Dick Ruthven and Roy Thomas along with OF/INF Alan Bannister. Veeck also fires manager Chuck Tanner and selects old friend Paul Richards to manage the White Sox.
Read MorePosted by This Day in Baseball | Apr 9, 1974 | Franchise News, Owners | 0 |
On April 9, 1974, San Diego Padres owner Ray Kroc criticizes his team over the public address system-during a game! “Ladies and gentlemen, I suffer with you,” Kroc says. “I’ve never seen such stupid baseball playing in my life.” The announcement occurs during San Diego’s 9-5 loss to the Houston Astros. Coincidentally, the “San Diego Chicken” makes its debut that day.
Read More1974 – Ray Kroc, fast-food entrepreneur (McDonald’s), buys the San Diego Padres for $12 million, ending talk of a possible move to Washington, DC.
Read MorePosted by This Day in Baseball | Jan 3, 1973 | Franchise News, Owners | 0 |
On January 3, 1973, the New York Yankees are sold by the Columbia Broadcasting System to a group...
Read MoreRobert E. Short, Democratic National Committee treasurer, buys majority ownership of the Washington Senators for $10 million. James Lemon will retain 15 to 20 percent. The controversial Short will move the Senators to Texas after the 1971 season.
Read MorePosted by This Day in Baseball | Dec 5, 1966 | Owners | 0 |
1966 – Bill DeWitt sells the Cincinnati Reds to a group of Cincinnati investors for an estimated $7 million.
Read MorePosted by This Day in Baseball | Nov 2, 1964 | Owners | 0 |
The Columbia Broadcasting System becomes the first corporate owner of a major league team by buying eighty percent of the Yankees from Dan Topping and Del Webb for $11.2 million. During the first year under CBS, the Bronx Bombers will come in sixth place with a 77-85 record, finishing in the second division for the first time in 40 years.
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