The commissioner of baseball is the chief executive officer of Major League Baseball (MLB) and the associated Minor League Baseball (MiLB) – a constellation...
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into a single organization led by the commissioner of baseball. MLB is headquartered in Midtown Manhattan. Baseball's first all-professional team, the Cincinnati...
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A commissioner (commonly abbreviated as Comm'r) is, in principle, a member of a commission or an individual who has been given a commission (official...
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The Commissioner of Baseball is the highest office in Japan's Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB). NPB's current commissioner is Sadayuki Sakakibara. Matsutarō...
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The Commissioner's Trophy is a trophy presented each year by the commissioner of baseball to Major League Baseball's (MLB) World Series champion. The trophy...
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Fay Vincent (category Major League Baseball commissioners)
eighth commissioner of baseball from September 13, 1989, to September 7, 1992. Vincent was born on May 29, 1938, in Waterbury, Connecticut, the son of Alice...
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A ban from Major League Baseball is a form of punishment levied by the Office of the Commissioner of Major League Baseball (MLB) against a player, manager...
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Mitchell Report (redirect from Report to the Commissioner of Baseball of an Independent Investigation into the Illegal Use of Steroids and Other Performance Enhancing Substances by Players in Major League Baseball)
The Report to the Commissioner of Baseball of an Independent Investigation into the Illegal Use of Steroids and Other Performance Enhancing Substances...
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Baseball Writers' Association of America (BBWAA) and the Office of the Commissioner of Baseball—present awards for such accomplishments as excellence in batting...
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Black Sox Scandal (redirect from Curse of the "Black Sox")
the National Baseball Commission was dissolved and Judge Kenesaw Mountain Landis was appointed to be the first Commissioner of Baseball, given absolute...
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and minor — under the authority of the Commissioner of Baseball. Operating outside the Minor League Baseball organization are many independent minor...
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Bud Selig (category Major League Baseball commissioners)
American baseball executive who currently serves as the Commissioner Emeritus of Baseball. Previously, he served as the ninth commissioner of baseball from...
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Bart Giamatti (category Major League Baseball commissioners)
American professor of English Renaissance literature, the president of Yale University, and the seventh commissioner of Major League Baseball. Giamatti served...
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World Series (redirect from Baseball/World Series 1948)
annual championship series of Major League Baseball (MLB). It has been contested since 1903 between the champion teams of the American League (AL) and...
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William Eckert (category Major League Baseball commissioners)
general in the United States Air Force, and later the fourth commissioner of Major League Baseball from 1965 to 1968. William Eckert was born on January 20...
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The commissioner of the NBA is the chief executive of the National Basketball Association (NBA). The current commissioner is Adam Silver, who succeeded...
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Peter Ueberroth (category Major League Baseball commissioners)
Man of the Year for his success in organizing the Olympic games. After the conclusion of the games, he was named as the sixth commissioner of Baseball, a...
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the authority of the Commissioner of Baseball. Historically, these leagues were bound by the National Association of Professional Baseball Leagues (NAPBL)...
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intentional or not.) Official Baseball Rules (PDF) (2016 ed.). Office of the Commissioner of Baseball. 2016. Definitions of Terms - Interference (pp. 146-7)...
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The commissioner of the National Football League is the chief executive officer of the National Football League (NFL). The position was created in 1941...
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Canada not under the purview of organized Minor League Baseball and the Commissioner of Baseball. Independent baseball existed in the early 20th century...
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Kenesaw Mountain Landis (category Major League Baseball commissioners)
from 1905 to 1922 and the first commissioner of baseball from 1920 until his death. He is remembered for his resolution of the Black Sox Scandal, in which...
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Rob Manfred (category Major League Baseball commissioners)
tenth commissioner of Major League Baseball. He previously served as MLB's chief operating officer. Manfred succeeded Bud Selig as commissioner on January...
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Ford Frick (redirect from 10 Commandments of Umpires)
commissioner of Major League Baseball (MLB) from 1951 to 1965. While Frick was NL president, he had a major role in the establishment of the Baseball...
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Bowie Kuhn (category Major League Baseball commissioners)
fifth commissioner of Major League Baseball from February 4, 1969, to September 30, 1984. He served as legal counsel for Major League Baseball owners...
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States and Canada: Commissioner of Baseball Commissioner of the NBA Commissioner of the NFL General Coleman, Charles (1966). Trail of the Stanley Cup, vol...
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Single-A (redirect from Class A (baseball))
Office of the Commissioner of Baseball. 2021. p. 10. Retrieved May 1, 2021 – via mlbpa.org. "Teams by League and Classification". Minor League Baseball. Retrieved...
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commission was replaced with the newly created office of Commissioner of Baseball. Persisting rumors of the Chicago White Sox throwing the previous year's...
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Stephen Greenberg (redirect from Steve Greenberg (baseball))
former baseball executive who served as deputy Commissioner of Baseball and chief operating officer of Major League Baseball under commissioners Fay Vincent...
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Baseball is a bat-and-ball sport played between two teams of nine players each, taking turns batting and fielding. The game occurs over the course of...
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