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Saturday, May 17, 2008

The Biz of Baseball: Looking Back on Peter Magowan and the Giants

Maury Brown reminds us about this important piece of information:

Three words should come to mind when one thinks of Peter Magowan: Tampa Bay Giants.

If not for MLB, Peter Magowan, the rest of his ownership group (which included Walter Shorenstein, Charles Schwab and Don Fisher), a legion of season-ticket holders that opened their pocketbooks, and a creative City of San Francisco, the Giants would have very easily packed up their bags and moved across the country to St. Petersburg where a newly built domed facility had been built to lure a Major League Baseball team.

 

 

The Most Interesting Man In The World Posted: May 17, 2008 at 05:09 AM | 3 comment(s) Login to Bookmark
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   1. schuey Posted: May 17, 2008 at 01:29 PM (#2784006)
Didn't Bob Lurie and a judge prevent the Toronto Giants from happening in the mid 70s?
   2. Steve Treder Posted: May 17, 2008 at 03:10 PM (#2784054)
Didn't Bob Lurie and a judge prevent the Toronto Giants from happening in the mid 70s?

I don't recall the judge angle, but yes, Lurie and Bud Herseth stepped in at the eleventh hour and purchased the Giants from Horace Stoneham in 1975-76, instead of a sale to a Toronto group that would have relocated the franchise.
   3. scareduck Posted: May 18, 2008 at 02:47 AM (#2784777)
Always an empty threat from everything else I've read.

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