The National League owners block the re-election of Bowie Kuhn, thus ending his fourteen-year reign as baseball’s boss
On November 1, 1982 — At a meeting in Chicago, the National League owners block the re-election of Bowie Kuhn, thus ending his fourteen-year reign as baseball’s boss. The American League owners vote in favor of Kuhn 11-3, and the National League 7-5. But his 18 votes leave him 2 shy of the three-fourths majority required for reelection. Next year, the commissioner’s supporters will make a failed last-ditch effort to retain him, Kuhn will remain on the job until a successor is found. He will eventually be replaced by Peter Ueberroth.
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