Word: macphail
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...first,, no one quite believed Yankee Boss Larry MacPhail when he said he was through (TIME, Oct. 13). Not that MacPhail, tearful and waving an empty beer bottle, had not made it plain: "That's it, goddamit, that's my retirement," he roared in the first moment of the Yankees' World Series victory. Even Dan Topping and Del Webb, Larry's wealthy co-partners, were disbelieving. "He's a sentimental fellow," said Topping. "I wouldn't put too much stock in what he's saying...
Twenty-four hours later, there was no doubt that MacPhail was out, though not, as he had first declared, "just because I wanna be." The question was settled at the Yankees' beery victory celebration at the Biltmore Hotel. MacPhail blustered in late, demanded a private room for his own party, began to celebrate with a tirade against teetotaling Dodger President Branch Rickey, whom Larry does not like. When one of MacPhail's friends defended Rickey, MacPhail punched him in the eye. His outbursts against his own partners made Topping so angry that guests had to break...
Fireworks & Hoopla. Fed up, Topping and Webb called a meeting with their lawyers then & there. It lasted all night and most of the next day. They then announced that they had bought MacPhail's one-third interest, and were now accepting his resignation as Yankee president, treasurer, director and general manager...
...celebration was just getting under way in the Yankee dressing room when Yankee Boss Larry MacPhail made a little speech. It was his first World Series championship in 18 years of baseball and also his last. He was retiring, he said. "Thank the Lord I can go out with a winner...
Boss Larry MacPhail, who had wisely kept his nose out of the New York Yankees' locker room all season, rushed in to join the celebration. His Yankees had just clinched the 1947 American League pennant, and were having themselves a time...