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BASEBALL; Brewers Cleared to Shift To N.L. Central in '98 - The ...  Nov 6, 1997 ... Major League Baseball's executive council made that move official yesterday, ... to make the Brewers the National League's 16th team for the 1998 season. ... They felt that Bud Selig, the acting commissioner and Brewers' owner, wanted to ... Selig has denied that that goal was his intention, but he has also...
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Commissioner of Baseball - Wikipedia  The Commissioner of Baseball is the chief executive of Major League Baseball (MLB) and the ... The commissioner is chosen by a vote of the owners of the teams. ... baseball, it was AL President Ban Johnson who dominated the Commission. .... aware that he was jeopardizing his own commissionership by stewarding the...
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Lessons in League Switching  The Hardball Times  Feb 19, 2014 ... But how much did their league-switching contribute to their failure? ... When the Brewers moved to the National League in 1998, it was a sort of ... Selig became acting commissioner of baseball in 1992, but he remained the ... Two teams were considered for a move to the AL West: the Houston Astros and...
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BASEBALL; Owners' Vote Allows One Team to Move to National ...  Oct 16, 1997 ... As part of the change, which will create a 16-team National League and a 14-team ... The Kansas City Royals, the Milwaukee Brewers and the Minnesota Twins, in that ... of a conflict of interest because he is the acting commissioner. ... interdivision opponents as they do against teams in their own division.
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History of the Kansas City Royals - Wikipedia  The following is a detailed history of the Kansas City Royals, a Major League Baseball team ... First, George Brett defeated his own teammate Hal McRae to win the batting ... that John Mayberry be traded or he would threaten to leave the team. .... Bud Selig, baseball's acting commissioner and Milwaukee Brewers owner,...
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BASEBALL - Steinbrenner Does It Again - Green Out, Dent In ...  Aug 19, 1989 ... LEAD: George Steinbrenner, saying his mushrooming differences with Dallas ... made the 17th managerial change in his 17 seasons as owner of the Yankees. ... By MURRAY CHASS, Special to The New York Times ... In fact, when he was hired last Oct. 7, he became the owner's first manager with no...
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National League East - Wikipedia  Place cursor over year for division champ or World Series team. ... expansion: The Atlanta Braves moved in from the NL West,...
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Red Schoendienst - Wikipedia  Albert Fred Schoendienst is an American Major League Baseball (MLB) coach, and former player and manager. An outstanding second baseman, he played for 19 years with the St. Louis Cardinals (194556, 196163), New York Giants (195657) and Milwaukee Braves (195760), and was named to 10 All Star teams. ... of 2016 he has worn a Major League uniform as a player, coach, or manager...
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Miami Marlins on Baseball Almanac  But by the time Jim Leyland became manager in 1997, Huizenga's free agent money ... They were also the first wild card team in major league history to win it all. ... the first team to lose 100 games the season after winning the World Series. ... Jack McKeon to manage and brought up feisty pitching prospect Dontrelle Willis.
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George Steinbrenner - Wikipedia  George Michael Steinbrenner III (July 4, 1930  July 13, 2010) was an American businessman who was the principal owner and managing partner of Major League Baseball's New York ... From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia .... On the first anniversary of the team's ownership change, the Yankees hired former Pittsburgh...
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George Steinbrenner: The Boss You Would Have Wanted for Your ...  Jul 13, 2010 ... Prior to his ban from baseball in the 1990's, some may say his ... win is what let his players know he would do whatever it took to get the job done. ... Under George's ownership, the Yankees won 7 World Series and ... percentage of any sports team since 1973 when he bought the team ... A mere $10 million.
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Yount : Milwaukee to Cooperstown | Sports | journaltimes.com  Jan 6, 1999 ... Considering he spent his 20-year major-league baseball career shunning ... He also holds the AL record for career sacrifice flies (123). ... finished with 3,142 hits, 251 home runs, 1,406 runs batted in and a career .285 batting average. ... As the Brewers' shortstop, Yount hit .331 with 29 home runs and 114...
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Vincent: Commissioner With A Past Lifelong Fan Is Committed To ...  The commissioner of baseball leans back in his chair, rummaging ... Posted: October 11, 1989 ... He is a Macanudo-smoking, Yale-educated former corporate lawyer who ran Columbia Pictures for nine years and was a senior vice president of Coca-Cola. .... Allen wanted Vincent to run Columbia Pictures Industries, which...
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Los Angeles Dodgers - Wikipedia  The Los Angeles Dodgers are an American professional baseball team based in Los Angeles, .... After moving to Los Angeles, the team won National League pennants in 1959, ... In all, the Dodgers have appeared in 18 World Series: 9 in Brooklyn and 9 in ... This was mainly due to general manager Branch Rickey's efforts.
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List of people banned from Major League Baseball - Wikipedia  A ban from Major League Baseball is a form of punishment levied by the Office of the ... He turned to haberdashery, the vocation of his father, and spent another 6 years ... a federal judge, was the owners' ideal candidate for the job and was given ... In his 24 years as commissioner, Landis banned more people than all of his...
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Bewildering barters nothing new for baseball - seattlepi.com  May 24, 2006 ... Oddball sports trades have been with us since 1890, when a minor league ... team swapped pitcher Joe Martina to New Orleans in 1921 for two ... A Romanian first division soccer club named "Jiul Petrosani" found ... players, midfielder Ion Radu, to a Romanian second division team for $2500 worth of pork.
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Cincinnati Reds - Wikipedia  [1]- In 1994, a players' strike wiped out the last eight weeks of the season and all post-season. ... The Cincinnati Reds are an American professional baseball team based in ... World Series titles, nine NL pennants, one AA pennant, and 10 division titles. .... The Reds entered into a 30-year lease in exchange for the stadium...
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History of the Oakland Athletics - Wikipedia  The history of the Athletics Major League Baseball franchise spans the period from 1901 to the present day, having begun in Philadelphia before moving to Kansas City in 1955 and then to its current home in Oakland, California, in 1968. ... After Johnson got permission to move the A's to Kansas City, he sold Blues Stadium...
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Baseball in 2003 | Britannica.com  The Marlins, a 1993 expansion team, clinched the 2003 championship by beating the ... (When the Marlins won the title in 1997, they also did so after having secured a ... run was the 19th of his career in the postseason, a major league record. ... The Yankees claimed their 39th American League (AL) pennant by defeating...
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Kevin Brown (right-handed pitcher) - Wikipedia  Following the 1998 season, Brown again became a free agent. He signed a lucrative contract with the Los Angeles Dodgers for 7 years/$105 million USD, becoming the first $100 million man in baseball.
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Royal Treatment - Page 4 - latimes  Jul 25, 1999 ... Brett Proved Father Correct With Illustrious 21-Year Career and ... Held or shared 51 major league records when he retired in 1993. ... Will wear a Texas Ranger cap on his Hall plaque. ... Brewers career leader in runs (1,632), hits (3,142), doubles (613), ... Holds AL career record with 123 sacrifice flies.