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Does the MLB Commissioner Have the Right to Overturn Owner’s Trades/Sales/Deals?
The question above is one that many people have debated during the last couple of weeks as the Miami Marlins and the Toronto Blue Jays undertook a megadeal that swapped several star players for top prospects. In mid-November 2012 the Marlins … Continue reading
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The Beatles and Charles O. Finley, Owner of the Kansas City A’s in the 1960s
My colleague, Mike Green, and I have been working on a biography of Charles O. Finley, owner of the Kansas City/Oakland A’s between 1960 and 1980. Look for it from Walker and Co. in the summer of 2010. Between 1972 and … Continue reading
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