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All Johnny Shelby ever wanted to do was to make his son, Evan, happy. When Evan fell in love with the game of baseball, Shelby spent endless amounts of dollars to ensure Evan had the best trainers, the best equipment, and was on the best travel ball teams. In reality, Evan never had a chance to make it past junior varsity baseball. After failing to walk on to his local college team, Evan dropped out and joined the Shelby Investment Group, having learned the ins and outs of the finance game through his father. Both, however, wanted to remain in baseball through the purchase of a UBL franchise. An opportunity in 2010 presented itself with the sale of the Oakland Commodores due to the repercussions of the Tradegate scandal. This venture would come to fruition, and Johnny Shelby would become the owner of Oakland Commodores, naming Evan as President and Chief Executive Officer. This has, however, come with mixed results. Shelby has the mentality that winning is the only way to keep Evan happy. Unfortunately for him, the Commodores have not been winning much recently. In their 28-year history, they have only made the playoffs 4 times (2003, 2006, 2007, 2017) and have one championship from 2006. Changes within the organization were bound to be made.
Oakland Commodores Franchise History:
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