Tuesday, July 13, 2010

Who was the Greatest of them all?






Who was the greatest baseball club owner of all time. Your candidates:

George M Steinbrenner the Boss.

Tom Yawkey pushover owner of the woeful Red Saux.

Bill Veeck as in Wreck of several teams.

Charlie Finley who knows everything was not up to date in Kansas City.

Walter O'Malley one of the devils own.

You guys make the calls.
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19 comments:

  1. johnJuly 13, 2010 at 8:01 PM

    I think Branch Rickey might have made a good addition to this list. His contributions to basebal range very wide.

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  2. Jason (the commenter)July 13, 2010 at 8:14 PM

    Which one owned the Expos?

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  3. chickelitJuly 13, 2010 at 8:24 PM

    I'd vote for the lady who owned the Cinncinati Reds. She had balls.

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  4. johnJuly 13, 2010 at 9:00 PM

    Basebal been veddy veddy good to me.

    El Pollo, this lady might have owned the Reds.
    She had all the balls in her family.

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  5. Hoosier DaddyJuly 13, 2010 at 10:38 PM

    George S. Patton.

    Period.

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  6. chickelitJuly 13, 2010 at 10:54 PM

    Hoosier Daddy said: George S. Patton.

    That reminded me that Trooper forgot:

    George W. Bush

    An easy twofer

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  7. PennyJuly 13, 2010 at 11:36 PM

    Troop is on a well deserved hiatus, and friggin' Steinbrenner decides to die?

    FUCK YOU, Steinbrenner!

    Who the hell you think you dealing with anyway?

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  8. chickelitJuly 13, 2010 at 11:52 PM

    Penny wrote: FUCK YOU, Steinbrenner!

    Sheesh. Penny wanna cracker?

    Or at least a ladies drink? :)

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  9. ricpicJuly 14, 2010 at 9:10 AM

    The Expos were owned by a Frog named Claude Brochu.

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  10. blakeJuly 14, 2010 at 4:13 PM

    I know he's not an owner but...Yogi Berra!

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  11. chickelitJuly 14, 2010 at 10:50 PM

    I know he's not an owner but...Yogi Berra!

    Well if cartoons are fair game I'd vote for Jonny Quest!

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  12. AnonymousJuly 15, 2010 at 9:46 AM

    Speed Racer says Johnny Quest is a pussy...i heard that, really.

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  13. PennyJuly 15, 2010 at 4:15 PM

    Note to self:

    El Pollo does NOT like God jokes, but does serve up a tasty cracker. ;)

    Welcome back, Troop.

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  14. Opus One MediaJuly 15, 2010 at 4:58 PM

    I kinda liked Gabe Paul who was GM of the Cincinnati Reds in the 50s

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  15. Opus One MediaJuly 15, 2010 at 4:58 PM

    Wasn't GWB a GM or was he the owner?

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  16. Trooper YorkJuly 15, 2010 at 5:30 PM

    Gabe Paul was a minority owner of both the Yankees and the Indians in the 1970's but was primarily a general manager. George gave him a tiny piece of the team when he bought the Yankees that he sold when he went back to run the Indians with Steve O'Niell another minority owner.

    Steve O'Niell had one of the most famous qoutes ever about George,
    "There is nothing as limited as being a limited partner of George Steinbrenner."

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  17. Trooper YorkJuly 15, 2010 at 5:35 PM

    Yogi of course was just a player,
    coach and manager. Not an owner.

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  18. blakeJuly 15, 2010 at 5:38 PM

    I know! But he's a Zen master! Without even trying! (Which is the only way you can be a Zen master.)

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  19. chickelitJuly 15, 2010 at 7:29 PM

    Wasn't GWB a GM or was he the owner?

    Both, but never an owner-owner.

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