Sentences with phrase «league baseball commissioner»

The campaign gets its name from the asterisk that originally found its way into sports in 1961 - when Major League Baseball commissioner Ford Frick decided that the new single - season home run record set by the Yankee's Roger Maris of 61 homers would be accompanied by an asterisk to denote the fact that it was set over a 162 - game season eight games longer than the 1927 season in which Babe Ruth had hit 60 homers - but which has been given a whole new meaning in the 2000's as denoting records tainted by an athlete's suspected steroid use.

Not exact matches

Jews have been elected to Congress and appointed to high positions in government in numbers far exceeding their percentage of the population; Jews are arguably America's most affluent ethnic group; Jews have served as commissioners of Major League Baseball, the National Basketball Association, and the National Hockey League, as well as presidents of Princeton, Yale, Harvard, and Columbia; and, as the wedding notices in the Sunday New York Times indicate, Jews have not been reluctant to marry Gentiles, or vice versa.

• Arnold Weber (SCORECARD, Jan. 10), the president of Northwestern and a front - runner for the barely remembered office of baseball commissioner, is a member of the board of directors of the Tribune Co., which owns the Chicago Cubs and holds the telecast rights to seven major league teams.

Even before pledging that baseball would investigate Belle's gambling, acting commissioner Bud Selig reminded the press that betting pools and friendly wagers are a part of every big league clubhouse.

Remember, he pursued it himself, and with gusto, enlisting Major League Baseball Players Association attorney Gene Orza, who deluged the commissioner with 600 pages of testimony.

MILEPOSTS — ELECTED: As commissioner of baseball by the major leagues» 26 owners, FAY VINCENT, 51, replacing the late Bart Giamatti.

Pete Rose formally requested reinstatement by Major League Baseball, and new commissioner Rob Manfred promised to listen.

and undertaken with the permission of baseball commissioner Bud Selig, found that every team in Major League Baseball had a connection to one of the players accused of using sbaseball commissioner Bud Selig, found that every team in Major League Baseball had a connection to one of the players accused of using sBaseball had a connection to one of the players accused of using steroids.

Before spending millions of dollars on a major - league baseball stadium, Orange County commissioners want to know whether the fans will support a team and whether businesses are willing to pay some of the costs.Today, commissioners will consider spending $ 40,000 to research those questions and to find out how much of the county's resort tax money would be needed to build a stadium if Orlando wins a major - league franchise.The 17 - week study would be conducted by Public Financial Management Inc., a Philadelphia financial consulting firm.

(The Expos have the lowest attendance in the league, and are a likely candidate for commissioner Bud Selig's recently announced «contraction» of Major League Baseball from 30 to 28 teams; Loria, it is hypothesized, could take a few top players and move the franchise to Tampaleague, and are a likely candidate for commissioner Bud Selig's recently announced «contraction» of Major League Baseball from 30 to 28 teams; Loria, it is hypothesized, could take a few top players and move the franchise to TampaLeague Baseball from 30 to 28 teams; Loria, it is hypothesized, could take a few top players and move the franchise to Tampa Bay.)

Maybe so, but not if you're the commissioner of the Hampshire Baseball League.