Tag Archives: Spike Eckert
Bowie Kuhn
Bowie Kuhn (Baseball. Born, Takoma Park, MD, Oct. 28, 1926; died, Jacksonville, FL, Mar. 15, 2007.) In the wake of Gen. William D. (Spike) Eckert’s forced resignation Dec. 6, 1968, baseball sought a commissioner to improve the game’s image and selected Bowie Kent Kuhn for the job. A graduate of Princeton (1947) and the University […]
Lee MacPhail
Lee MacPhail (Baseball. Born, Nashville, TN, Oct. 25, 1917.) Son of one of baseball’s most flamboyant and influential characters, Leland Stanford MacPhail, Jr., was mainly understated and soft-spoken but nonetheless influential. Lee MacPhail was part of the Yankees organization twice and later president of the American League (1974-83). A graduate of Swarthmore, he started as […]
