... of Broadcaster’s Distinguished Service Award) and Major League Baseball owner (awarded the Baseball Commissioner’s ... Executive Award for Excellence in Baseball in 1984). However, most all of his business cohorts never read more...

... for the ability of man to express himself in the game of baseball, not simply as a competitive sport, but as a complement to ... teachers, journalists, writers, broadcasters and in baseball from the ranks of players to those of ownership. The search read more...

... Son Who’s Who in America National in Scope European Theatre Baseball Business and Civic Activities Committees, Boards and ... my hero after Detroit traded him to the Boston National League Club which won the World Series in 1914. In due course read more...

... and ownership of the Detroit Tigers in the American League of Professional Baseball Clubs. I first met John Fetzer in ... Columbia Broadcasting System. In 1946 he and I served as colleagues on the Board of Directors of the National Association of read more...

... When I retired from my last, which was in professional baseball, where I had spent the last over thirty years, I had built ... boards and all the committees, and was winning the American League along with Walter O'Malley running the National League. And read more...

... of Broadcaster’s Distinguished Service Award) and Major League Baseball owner (awarded the Baseball Commissioner’s ... Executive Award for Excellence in Baseball in 1984). However, most all of his business cohorts never read more...

Tom Beaver Oral History 1 of 9 December 10, 2017

... hand, uh, uh, I was a good athlete. I was actually the best baseball player in town, of my age, for three years. Uh, home run ... hitter, pitcher, uh, kids league era, you know. BRUCE FETZER: Mm-hmm. TOM BEAVER: I won the read more...

Tom Beaver Oral History 5 of 9 December 11, 2017

... were another one of the worst teams, uh, in the history of baseball. It was the worst team in the American League in '75. It ... John, and was giving him financial advice, advising him on baseball matters. Killick became very involved with John. And there read more...

... radio station WKZO, was coverage of the Detroit Tigers baseball games. In 1956, John organized an eleven-man syndicate and ... purchased the Detroit Tigers Baseball Club, retaining a one-third ownership. Over the next read more...

... book. Larry Okay. Lou Then we looked at the baseball book . I’d say the baseball book that Thinnes had put ... were three vital things that he wanted to tell in his baseball story . H e was looking at what was the unique position he read more...

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