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	Crosley Field Historical Analysis by Baseball Almanac
		Larry MacPhail was a promoter with a talent and flair for creating excitement.
		At the outset of the 1934 season, to quote Lee Allen (The Cincinnati Reds, 1948), "MacPhail had painted the park, he had dolled up the ushers, and installed cigarette girls so cute they made the customers want to smoke themselves to death".
		During the 58 years the Reds played at Crosley Field, Crosley was also used for Negro League games, circuses, concerts, rodeos, boxing matches, auto thrill shows, parades, etc. Crosley was also the host to the first Major League night game, played under the lights on May 24, 1935.
	baseball-almanac.com /stadium/st_crosl.shtml (918 words)

	Larry MacPhail \| BaseballLibrary.com
		MacPhail hired Babe Ruth as coach to generate interest and, anticipating Charlie Finley years later, brought the "stitched lemon," a yellow baseball, to spring training.
		MacPhail began as a protege of Branch Rickey, and Rickey replaced him in Brooklyn when MacPhail went into the army in 1942.
		MacPhail was a veteran of WWI as well, and had been in a group of plotters who had nearly succeeded in kidnapping Kaiser Wilhelm.
	www.baseballlibrary.com /baseballlibrary/ballplayers/M/MacPhail_Larry.stm (2033 words)

	MacPhail, Rickey, and Robinson (Site not responding. Last check: )
		MacPhail immediately announced that a renovation of Ebbets Field was needed.
		Although MacPhail's tenure as president did not last long (he resigned in 1941), he turned around the dying franchise and set them up for success over their next twenty years.
		The most significant move that he made in his time with the Dodgers, and perhaps the most significant move in baseball history, was bringing Jackie Robinson to the majors and breaking the color barrier.
	www.mapsites.net /gotham/webpages/justinspiegel/macphail.html (223 words)

	(AP) MacPhail Resigns As Cubs President \| WKRN.COM (Site not responding. Last check: )
		MacPhail's grandfather and father were longtime baseball executives, and both are in the Hall of Fame.
		MacPhail couldn't repeat his baseball success from Minnesota despite a bigger payroll with a big-market team whose shrine-like home field is nearly always sold out or close to it.
		MacPhail was instrumental in a bleacher expansion project for Wrigley Field that was completed for the 2006 season.
	www.wkrn.com /nashville/news/ap-macphail-resigns-as-cubs-president (746 words)

	AP Wire \| 10/01/2006 \| Andy MacPhail resigns as Cubs CEO
		MacPhail joined the Cubs in 1994 after spending nine years with the Minnesota Twins and guiding them to World Series titles in 1987 and 1991.
		His grandfather, Larry MacPhail, won a NL championship as owner of the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1941 and the World Series as owner of the New York Yankees in 1947.
		Andy MacPhail is the son of longtime baseball executive Lee MacPhail, a former president of the AL.
	www.twincities.com /mld/twincities/sports/baseball/15655983.htm (290 words)

	Larry MacPhail - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		He was pivotal in the development of pioneering sportscaster Red Barber, who announced Reds and Dodgers games for MacPhail and whom he tried unsuccessfully to recruit to the Yanks when he became the Bronx team's co-owner in 1945.
		MacPhail's career as a major-league owner ended after the Yankees clinched the 1947 World Series, after he got into confrontations at the team's post-game celebrations at Yankee Stadium and Manhattan.
		MacPhail was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1978; his son Lee MacPhail was elected to the Hall in 1998, making them the only father and son inductees.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Larry_MacPhail (339 words)

	Los Angeles Dodgers : History : Dodgers Timeline (Site not responding. Last check: )
		On January 19, 1938, innovative Larry MacPhail was hired as the team's Executive Vice President to rebuild the Dodgers.
		MacPhail made needed improvements at Ebbets Field and then hired Red Barber (who had been Cincinnati's broadcaster) to come to Brooklyn for the 1939 season, effectively ending an agreement among the three New York clubs prohibiting radio broadcasts.
		MacPhail also signed Babe Ruth as a first base coach, the Bambino's last appearance in a Major League uniform as a player or coach.
	www.mlb.com /NASApp/mlb/la/history/timeline05.jsp (1302 words)

	The Business of Baseball :: The Buzzie Bavasi Interview
		Under his tenure the Dodgers won eight NL pennants and four world championships in 17 years He was a two-time executive of the year, once with the Dodgers and once in the minor leagues with the Montreal Royals.
		In this interview, Bavasi talks of his start in baseball and Larry MacPhail; the relationship of Branch Rickey and Walter O'Malley; he talks of Jackie Robinson, Roy Campanella, and Don Newcombe, as well as Nolan Ryan, Fresco Thompson, Al Campanis, and of course Walter Alston.
		Larry said “That’s a lot of money.” So, it’s near 5:00 and we stopped and he said we’ll continue tomorrow.
	www.businessofbaseball.com /bavasi_interview.htm (3729 words)

	The Case Against Andy MacPhail :: GoatRiders.org (Site not responding. Last check: )
		In his second full season, Andy MacPhail's team--led by Puckett, Gaetti, Viola and all of these guys that were with the team when Andy was hired--won the American League West with the second-lowest win total (85) ever for a division winner in a non-abbreviated season (the '73 Mets had 82).
		Of their five-man rotation, the only MacPhail acquisition was aging veteran Joe Niekro, whose 6.26 ERA as the fifth starter left him out of the postseason rotation, limiting him to two innings.
		MacPhail has now been here twelve seasons, so we no longer need to strenuously argue about his flukish success in Minnesota; his voluminous amount of failure here is a matter of public record.
	www.goatriders.org /archives/2006/09/the_case_agains.html (3361 words)

	America 1940-1949: Sports History: Larry MacPhail \| American Decades
		MacPhail was a student athlete at the University of Michigan and earned his law degree at the age of twenty from Georgetown University.
		In 1934 his friend Branch Rickey recommended him to the owner of the Cincinnati Reds, who was looking for someone to revive his floundering team.
		He painted the park orange to create excitement; he introduced usherettes in the stadium and night baseball; and he hired an enthusiastic radio announcer, Red Barber, to stir fans' spirits while keeping them in touch with their team.
	www.bookrags.com /history/america-1940s-sports/sub24.html (204 words)

	ESPN.com: MLB - Only four GMs in Hall of Fame
		Larry MacPhail was the Billy Martin of general managers: a hard-driven, hard-drinking man who could turn around a losing team overnight, but never lasted more than a few years in any job.
		Inducted into the Hall of Fame in 1978, MacPhail was followed into Cooperstown by his son, Lee, a former AL president.
		MacPhail's investment brought a quick return both on and off the field: Cincinnati paid off the loan from the league in 1938, then won the 1939 and 1940 NL pennants.
	espn.go.com /mlb/columns/bp/1399247.html (1473 words)

	TIME.com: Larry Says Goodbye -- Oct. 20, 1947 -- Page 1
		Twenty-four hours later, there was no doubt that MacPhail was out, though not, as he had first declared, "just because I wanna be." The question was settled at the Yankees' beery victory celebration at the Biltmore Hotel.
		MacPhail blustered in late, demanded a private room for his own party, began to celebrate with a tirade against teetotaling Dodger President Branch Rickey, whom Larry does not like.
		MacPhail said he sold out for $2,000,000 (his ex-partners would neither confirm nor deny it), which would leave him a net profit for the three years of at least $1,000,000.
	www.time.com /time/magazine/article/0,9171,804338,00.html (769 words)

	cbs2chicago.com - Chicago Cubs President Resigns
		MacPhail will stay on through the transition and also do his work for the major league baseball negotiating committee.
		But poor play was also a part of his tenure and MacPhail ackknowledged that while the Cubs had done a good job of developing pitchers, they hadn't done so with position players.
		MacPhail will stay on through the transition and do his work for Major League Baseball but not be involved in day-to-day operations.
	cbs2chicago.com /topstories/local_story_274173715.html (799 words)

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		Larry was 52 years old but he couldn’t stay out of this one.
		Larry felt that in 1958 baseball was no longer the “national pastime.” Attendance at the ballparks was half what it had been in 1948.
		Larry’s second son, William MacPhail, was head of sports for CBS and later in the same capacity for Ted Turner’s CNN in Atlanta, Georgia.
	www.rawson.lib.mi.us /casscityareahistoricalsociety/Newsletter1.htm (1998 words)

	Larry MacPhail \| National Baseball Hall of Fame
		One of the game's great innovators, Larry MacPhail introduced night baseball to the major leagues at Cincinnati's Crosley Field in 1935.
		MacPhail also originated plane travel for teams, championed the regular broadcasting of games and initiated pension plans.
		Tell someone about Larry MacPhail by sending a free Hall of Fame Digital Postcard.
	www.baseballhalloffame.org /hofers_and_honorees/hofer_bios/MacPhail_Larry.htm (226 words)

	Larry MacPhail - BR Bullpen
		MacPhail is best remembered for having lights installed at Crosley Field in 1935.
		Other MacPhails have also made an impact in sports.
		His son Bill MacPhail was president of CBS Sports and CNN Sports for 40 years.
	www.baseball-reference.com /bullpen/Larry_MacPhail (157 words)

	Lee MacPhail \| National Baseball Hall of Fame
		Following in his father's Hall of Fame footsteps, Lee MacPhail served as a front office executive for 45 years.
		As director of player personnel for the Yankees, MacPhail built one of the game's strongest farm systems.
		MacPhail also served as general manager of the Orioles before rejoining the Yankees.
	www.baseballhalloffame.org /hofers_and_honorees/hofer_bios/macphail_lee.htm (228 words)

	Amazon.com: The Roaring Redhead: Larry MacPhail: Baseball's Great Innovator: Books: Don Warfield (Site not responding. Last check: )
		MacPhail, who was active in baseball from the early '30s to the late '40s, helped shape the contemporary version of the sport.
		MacPhail was a larger-than-life baseball executive with the Cincinnati Reds, Brooklyn Dodgers, and New York Yankees from 1933 to 1947.
		He was the first to commission radio and TV broadcast of baseball games and to have his teams play night baseball; he was the driving force behind the major league pension plan.
	www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/ISBN=0912083182/webgalA (670 words)

	Crosley Field Historical Analysis by Baseball Almanac
		Larry MacPhail was a promoter with a talent and flair for creating excitement.
		At the outset of the 1934 season, to quote Lee Allen (The Cincinnati Reds, 1948), "MacPhail had painted the park, he had dolled up the ushers, and installed cigarette girls so cute they made the customers want to smoke themselves to death".
		During the 58 years the Reds played at Crosley Field, Crosley was also used for Negro League games, circuses, concerts, rodeos, boxing matches, auto thrill shows, parades, etc. Crosley was also the host to the first Major League night game, played under the lights on May 24, 1935.
	www.baseball-almanac.com /stadium/st_crosl.shtml (918 words)

	Larry MacPhail - Search Results - MSN Encarta
		Larry MacPhail - Search Results - MSN Encarta
		MacPhail, Larry (1890-1975), American baseball executive, who pioneered night baseball, radio broadcasts, air travel on road trips, batting...
		MacPhail, Lee, born in 1917, American baseball executive, whose work as director of player personnel for the New York Yankees laid the groundwork...
	encarta.msn.com /Larry_MacPhail.html (82 words)

	LancasterOnline.com: MacPhail Resigns As Cubs President
		CHICAGO (AP) - An emotional Andy MacPhail resigned Sunday as president and CEO of the Chicago Cubs after failing to get the team to the World Series during his 12-year tenure.
		"The clock on the MacPhail o-meter has run down to zero," said MacPhail, who told reporters he broached the subject of resigning during a team review with Tribune Co. executives in midseason.
		His grandfather, Larry MacPhail, won an NL championship as owner of the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1941 and the World Series as owner of the New York Yankees in 1947.
	ap.lancasteronline.com /4/bbn_cubs_macphail (697 words)

	Dickinson College Outstanding Young Alumni Award
		Even before he arrived at Dickinson in 1972, Andy MacPhail’s love of baseball was firmly in place.
		Son of former American League President Lee MacPhail and grandson of one-time owner of the Brooklyn Dodgers and the New York Yankees, Larry MacPhail, Andy grew up with baseball in his blood.
		By his senior year, it was evident to MacPhail that he didn’t have what it took to be a star on the baseball diamond.
	www.dickinson.edu /alumni/council/distingaward2000.html (384 words)

	Robert Edward Auctions (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The consignor, who has enjoyed owning and displaying the painting in his home for over thirty years, purchased the painting directly from the estate of legendary baseball executive Larry MacPhail in 1975.
		(Note: MacPhail was elected to the Hall of Fame in 1978.) An early and extraordinary cover such as this, by one of the most highly esteemed of all Post cover artists, is a particularly rare and special find, and a great honor for Robert Edward Auctions to document and present at auction.
		MacPhail the painting was originally given to Babe Ruth, who hung the painting in the Yankee locker room, and later gave it to Casey Stengel, who in turn gave it to Larry MacPhail, who hung it in his office.
	www.robertedwardauctions.com /site/bidplace.aspx?itemid=3576 (975 words)

	LARRY MacPHAIL A. SIMS Autograph
		On October 6, 1947, the day the Yankees won the 1947 World Series, MacPhail embarrassed himself by brawling in public.
		MacPhail was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1978.
		His son, Leland S. MacPhail, Jr., President of the American League (1974-1984), was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1998; they are the only father-son team enshrined.
	www.historyforsale.com /html/prodetails.asp?documentid=124857 (237 words)

	Batter's Box Interactive Magazine - Hello, Larry (Site not responding. Last check: )
		We'd love to make room for RHP Larry Yount, if only for his genetics -- he's Robin's older brother -- but according to BBRef, he appeared in just one game for the '71 Astros without facing a batter or recording an out, so I'm not positive he qualifies as having been in the big leagues.
		He was traded to the Brewers in 1974, the same year little bro debuted with that team as a teenage shortstop, but Larry never made the bigs in Beertown.
		Surely the second baseman should be Laughing Larry Doyle (1907-1920) - some of you know of my interest in the 1912 Giants, and he was one of the best players in the league that year.
	www.battersbox.ca /article.php?story=20050218105334409 (784 words)

	Dickinson College - Alumni Event - Baseball Field Dedication
		The MacPhail Baseball Field was made possible in part by gifts from Dickinson alumni Allen MacPhail '67, Andrew MacPhail '76, and Bruce MacPhail '73.
		Their father Lee MacPhail was general manager of the Baltimore Orioles and the New York Yankees.
		Lee's father Larry MacPhail, an executive with the Reds, Dodgers, and Yankees, is also a member of the Hall of Fame.
	www.dickinson.edu /news/features/2003/baseball (247 words)

	Sports Lot MacPhail, Larry Hand Signed Typed Letter TLS (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Vintage Typed letter on Official American League Baseball Club of New York, Inc. Letterhead, Hand Signed by Hall of Famer Larry MacPhail with Black Ink (TLS).
		MacPhail's signature is nice, clean and bold in fl ink.
		I am sending a copy of this letter to the presidents of the other American League Clubs in order to explain why this Club will not be represented at the meeting you have called.
	www.sportslot.com /servlet/Detail?no=776 (408 words)

	Yankee Stadium Renovation (Site not responding. Last check: )
		In 1945, Del Webb and Dan Topping joined Larry McPhail in purchasing the Yankee franchise from Jacob Ruppert's estate.
		They paid a total of $2.8 million for the team, the stadium, and the farm system.
		On December 17, 1953, Webb and Topping made a transaction that forever changed how baseball stadiums were used.
	www.mapsites.net /gotham/webpages/justinspiegel/stadiumrenovation.html (422 words)

	ESPN's "Brooklyn Dodgers: The Pee Wee Reese Story "
		In this first episode, the viewer will be introduced to some key characters in the series: Larry MacPhail, the general manager who started the Dodger dynasty in the thirties.
		He was a man so driven he had taken it upon himself to try to capture the Kaiser during World War I. A hard drinker and gambler, he once traded away the entire Dodger team during a bender.
		Leo Durocher, shortstop and field manager, was indispensable to MacPhail, though MacPhail fired and rehired Durocher with a regularity that not even Steinbrenner and Martin could match.
	www.bayou.com /~brooklyn/part1.html (920 words)

	Meet Larry David
		Larry David is a concert pianist, composer, and teacher who is helping to heal the world with his musical gifts.
		Larry is the former pianist of the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra, has recorded with the Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra, and has given concerts with many local artists and chamber groups.
		He has also served on the faculties of several colleges, including the Wisconsin Conservatory, McNeese State University, and MacPhail Center for the Arts.
	www.larrydavidmusic.com /meet.htm (92 words)

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