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Originally Posted by joefromchicago
Well, as I see it, the problem isn't that companies don't have last names, it's that the game thinks companies are all men. But if you're more interested in getting the owners right than the pronouns, this isn't an insurmountable problem.
Usually when a trust or a consortium owns a franchise there's someone who is the "face" of that team. After all, somebody has to attend league meetings. For instance, in the wake of Tom Yawkey's death the Red Sox were owned by a trust that he set up. His widow, Jean Yawkey, was one of the trustees and was the most visible representative of the team's ownership. Technically, the trust owned the team, but if you had to point to someone as the owner, it would have been her. Likewise, Bill Veeck sold the White Sox (the second time) to a group led by Jerry Reinsdorf and Eddie Einhorn. Reinsdorf quickly became the most active member of the group and is now generally regarded as the "owner," even though I don't know if he has ever held more than a 50% stake in the franchise. And the aforementioned Veeck never held a majority interest in any of the clubs that he ran.
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I think if the game said The Tribune or the Tribune company fired Dusty Baker would be fine but i agree that the game would have to be able to ignore the male/female designation.
I kinda figured you could use the head of the trust but is that information still available?
How bout the Yankees with DanTopping and Del Webb. I lean towards Topping since he was president of the club.
I'm surprised that Bill James or some other baseball writer hasn't put out a book of owners in baseball history.