Peter Ueberroth takes over the reins of major league baseball as the sport’s sixth commissioner

On October 1, 1984, Peter Ueberroth takes over the reins of major league baseball as the sport’s sixth commissioner. The former L.A. Olympic president will immediately face a crisis when he needs to arbitrate the labor disagreement with the umpires’ union, who have threatened to strike before the start of the League Championship Series.