Word: macphail
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...same day Kuhn cancelled the Blue deal, the Committee on Veterans elected Larry MacPhail and pitcher Adrian Joss to the Hall of Fame. Both will be inducted posthumously into the hallowed shrine at Cooperstown...
There is more than a touch of historical irony in the election of MacPhail and Joss this week. MacPhail was certainly no stickler for the rules while acting as general manager of the Reds, Yankees and Dodgers, and the election of Joss involved a direct violation of a time-honored rule...
...baseball impressario of the 1930s and '40s, MacPhail earned the reputation of "the Barnum of baseball." His unrivaled brinksmanship led to the scheduling of the first night game in Cincinnati in 1935. As the wheeler-dealer G.M. of the Dodgers in 1938, MacPhail made a series of transactions that would in the present era probably have incurred the wrath of Kuhn. Back in '38, MacPhail put $50,000 down on the trading block to buy first baseman Dolph Camilli from the Phillies. MacPhail also purchased Pee Wee Reese from the Red Sox and along the way acquired the likes...
...star likely to put himself on the open market. To add fuel to the fears, Los Angeles Dodger Pitcher Andy Messersmith, armed with his December arbitration victory, began entertaining bids last week from at least four teams. Nonetheless, the owners finally "bit the bullet," said American League President Lee MacPhail. At least they chewed on it. Last week in what they called their "final and best offer," they proposed to let present major leaguers play out one-year options on current contracts and become free agents. But each would then be put in a "reentry" pool where only eight...
...disorder has been worked through, the owners proposed that all future contracts have a "seven and one" clause that would allow seven-year veterans to demand they be traded or permitted to enter the free-agent pool following the option year. "The nice thing about this," joked Chub Feeney, MacPhail's opposite in the National League, "is that Lee and I are the only ones who understand it." Next day Marvin Miller said he understood it and did not much like it, particularly the interim offer dealing with current contracts. The eight-team limit on bidding still left...