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Topic: Lee MacPhail

	Welcome to the Vancouver Courier - On Line - News (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		MacPhail said Lee is out of touch with the community he wants to represent, noting 60 per cent of Vancouver-Hastings residents are renters, yet Lee recently took the side of an East Side landlord accused of leaving his tenants without heat.
		MacPhail said while residents are aware of mistakes the NDP made, such as the fast ferries fiasco, they also remember Liberal leader Gordon Campbell as a mayor who didn’t serve residents of the East Side.
		Lee said the Liberals will make education an essential service to prevent school strike disruptions, create a charter preventing offloading to municipalities in order to stabilize local property taxes, double the number of school spots for high-tech trainees, and increase the number of doctors, nurses and health care workers.
	www.vancourier.com /issues01/05201/news/05201N5.html (670 words)

	SLAM! Major League Statistics
		Long-time baseball executive Lee MacPhail, former Negro League star Joe Rogan and shortstop George Davis, one of the finest hitters from the deadball era, also were inducted.
		Lee MacPhail served as player personnel director of the New York Yankees from 1948-58, building a team that won nine American League pennants and seven World Series championships.
		MacPhail served as American League president from 1974-83 and was one of the key figures in ending the 1981 baseball strike.
	www.canoe.ca /StatsBBM/BC-BBM-LGNS-BBFAME-R.html (1357 words)

	Lee MacPhail \| BaseballLibrary.com
		Lee's quiet, soft-spoken, introverted personality contrasted sharply with that of his explosively extroverted father, Larry MacPhail.
		In 1965, MacPhail became chief administrative assistant to Commissioner William Eckert.
		Lee's son, Andy MacPhail, was the GM of the Minnesota Twins in the late 1980s.
	www.baseballlibrary.com /baseballlibrary/ballplayers/M/MacPhail_Lee.stm (626 words)

	Lee MacPhail (1974-1983)
		In 1959 Lee got a chance to run a team all by himself when he was named General Manger of the Baltimore Orioles.
		In 1998, Lee MacPhail was inducted into the Hall of Fame 20 years after his father Larry, making the MacPhails the first father-son combination in the Hall.
		Lee and Larry may some day be joined by Andy, Lee's son who was the GM for 2 World Champion Minnesota Twins before taking over as president of the Chicago Cubs in 1994, a role he has held since.
	www.sportsecyclopedia.com /mlb/al/macphail.html (660 words)

	NPR : 'Juicing the Game' Slams Baseball's Steroid Era
		MacPhail was also the "Roarin' Redhead" who was once punched out by Leo Durocher, and saw his baseball career come to an end following a public nervous breakdown during the victory party for his 1947 Yankees.
		Andy MacPhail's father, Lee, was one of the most respected gentlemen in the game, even though he suffered the thankless task of overseeing ownership's side of the bitter labor struggles of the 1970s.
		Lee MacPhail was president of the American League for ten years and ran the Orioles and the Yankees.
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	SLAM! Major League Statistics
		Clemente, the executive director of the Roberto Clemente Sports City which helps underprivileged children in Puerto Rico, was named to commemorate the 25th anniversary of her late husband's induction into the Hall of Fame.
		MacPhail, a baseball executive for 45 years, is the son of former Dodger and Yankee front office executive Larry MacPhail.
		MacPhail began his major league career in 1947 as director of player personnel for the Yankees.
	www.canoe.ca /StatsBBM/BC-BBM-LGNS-CAPTAINS-R.html (216 words)

	MSN Encarta - Search Results - Lee MacPhail
		MacPhail, Lee, born in 1917, American baseball executive, whose work as director of player personnel for the New York Yankees laid the groundwork for...
		Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum, National : inductees : MacPhail, Lee, 1998: 1998: Baseball: Veterans Committee Elects Four to Hall of Fame
		Larry Doby, who became the first fl player in the American League just a few months after Jackie Robinson broke major league baseball's color barrier in 1947, was elected to the National Baseball Hall of Fame on March 3, 1998.
	encarta.msn.com /Lee_MacPhail.html (162 words)

	The meeting of Monday date 1997, was called to order at 5:47p
		MacPhail announced that the Students’ Union had been invited to participate in a community forum on proposed bank mergers (see attached).
		Lee felt that there would be many people who would like to attend the workshop, but that with final exams within the near future, there just wouldn’t be enough time.
		Lee wanted to know if the event could be rescheduled to a later date when more students could attend.
	www.vcn.bc.ca /lsu/Minutes/1997/M072097.htm (1420 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.
		MacPhail also served as general manager of the Orioles before rejoining the Yankees.
		Tell someone about Lee MacPhail by sending a free Hall of Fame Digital Postcard.
	www.baseballhalloffame.org /hofers_and_honorees/hofer_bios/macphail_lee.htm (228 words)

	Move to National League means more (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Lee MacPhail, a longtime baseball executive and former American League president, paid his dues during a career that spanned five decades.
		The third generation of that respected baseball family, Chicago Cubs president Andy MacPhail, was thrilled that his father lived to celebrate the moment.
		MacPhail reinstated the homer, fully aware of the uproar it would cause in New York.
	www.jsonline.com /sports/brew/sat/bweek30798.stm (1182 words)

	Vancouver-Hastings (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		The BC Liberals have a strong credible candidate with Daniel Lee, a Vancouver city councilor, and with the NDP membership at an all time low, the only thing that could help Joy is her popularity (if any) and not the party's.
		With MacPhail's high-profile position as campaign co-chair, expect to see her face on the news regularly.
		News flash: the Liberal candidate in this riding, Daniel Lee, has been attacked in the media for intervening on behalf of a landlord against a 77-year old female tenant who was fighting to get the landlord to heat her apartment!
	www.arts.uwaterloo.ca /~m6chan/2001_bc/riding/vha.html (1748 words)

	Augusta Georgia: sports@ugusta: S.C. native Doby is elected into Hall 03/04/98
		Former AL president Lee MacPhail, Negro leagues star ``Bullet'' Joe Rogan and turn-of-the-century shortstop ``Gorgeous'' George Davis also were elected.
		MacPhail, 80, became part of history with his election.
		MacPhail was general manager of the New York Yankees and Baltimore Orioles, and was the AL president from 1974-83.
	www.augustachronicle.com /stories/030498/spo_124-1312.shtml (468 words)

	Printer Friendly Version - The Yankee killers (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		One reason for his success, Lee admits, was the Yankees weren't very good in the early '70s, when he began his career.
		Lee is the author of the recently published "The Little Red (Sox) Book," an alternate-universe history of the Sox.
		Lee's book, obviously, can be found on the fiction shelves.
	www.nydailynews.com /sports/baseball/v-pfriendly/story/100822p-91317c.html (985 words)

	Other Voices: Pine Tar game forever links Brett, MacPhail
		And they noted that MacPhail had denied a protest by the California Angels in 1975 when the Angels accused the Royals' John Mayberry of having too much pine tar on his bat when he hit two homers in a game.
		MacPhail was excoriated by the Yankees and their fans.
		MacPhail's Solomonic ruling was a rare example of fairness and common sense triumphing over greed and legal technicalities.
	seattlepi.nwsource.com /baseball/132113_basefeat24.html (985 words)

	Nats invite four coaches to return - The Washington Times: Sports - November 21, 2004 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		MacPhail, 34, began his career in baseball working for the Orioles in 1986 and was named assistant to player development and scouting for Baltimore in 1991.
		He is the great-grandson of Larry MacPhail, former owner of the Brooklyn Dodgers and New York Yankees; grandson of Lee MacPhail Jr., former American League president and general manager of the Orioles and the Yankees; and the nephew of Chicago Cubs president Andy MacPhail.
		His father, Lee MacPhail III, was general manager of the Reading Phillies when he was killed in an auto accident in 1969.
	www.washtimes.com /sports/20041121-124828-8519r.htm (439 words)

	AP Online: Indians fire MacPhail as scouting director@ HighBeam Research
		CLEVELAND (AP) _ The Cleveland Indians have fired Lee MacPhail as scouting director and offered him another position, general manager John Hart said Friday.
		MacPhail, 28, the fourth generation in a tradition-rich baseball family, has not notified the club if he will accept the reassignment.
		MacPhail is the nephew of Chicago Cubs president...
	highbeam.com /library/doc0.asp?DOCID=1P1:19557918&refid=ip_almanac_hf (200 words)

	Dickinson College - News Release
		Majoring in American studies at Dickinson, MacPhail graduated in 1976 and immediately became a part of the world of baseball as business manager for a minor league team in Florida.
		Lee MacPhail was a front-office executive for 45 years as director of player personnel for the Yankees, general manager of the Baltimore Orioles and president of the American League.
		From the minor leagues, Andrew MacPhail moved on to Cubs, then the Astros and eventually the Minnesota Twins, who won two World Series under his leadership.
	cfserv.dickinson.edu /news/nrshow.cfm?181 (749 words)

	SLAM! Major League Statistics
		Doby, who became the first fl player in the American League just three months after Jackie Robinson broke the color barrier, was the leading candidate to be elected by the 14-man committee.
		He then moved on to Baltimore, where he was general manager of the Orioles from 1958-65.
		MacPhail returned to the Yankees in 1966 as vice president and general manager.
	www.canoe.ca /StatsBBM/BC-BBM-LGNS-VETERANS-R.html (871 words)

	ESPNMAG.com - A scout's more traveled road
		His story speaks for scouts everywhere: they are invaluable and work harder than anyone in baseball, yet they are the least appreciated members of a major-league organization.
		He is a symbol of the commitment made by the Expos, led by general manager Omar Minaya, scouting director Dana Brown, director of pro scouting Lee MacPhail IV and Paul Tinnell, the Expos' other national crosschecker.
		I said, 'His name is Warpinski.' Lee yelled, 'How do you spell that, Wa or Wr?' As it turned out, it was the scouting report for the Orioles No. 1 pick, Adam Loewen.
	espn.go.com /magazine/kurkjian_20020606.html (1160 words)

	July 1998 Boston Baseball: Lee MacPhail: Wrong Executive for the Hall of Fame
		This gift was bestowed upon MacPhail by the Hall of Fame’s Veterans Committee, which is empowered to honor one executive, manager or umpire each year.
		According to Veterans Committee rules, the Committee evaluates prospective Hall of Famers on their “record, ability, integrity, sportsmanship, character and contribution to the game.” MacPhail’s qualifications start with his 10 years at the helm of the American League.
		MacPhail was often mentioned as a potential Commissioner, and may have turned down the job before it went to Peter Ueberroth.
	roadsidephotos.com /baseball/bb98-5.htm (773 words)

	Dickinson College - Baseball Field Dedication (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		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 /alumni/baseball (239 words)

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		Later, MacPhail took both the lights and Barber with him to the Brooklyn Dodgers.
		In fact, the teams that had once ridiculed MacPhail, such as the Senators, began pushing for more night games than the handful that were played each year.
		One proposal disturbed MacPhail enough to prompt him to write a letter to commissioner Kennesaw Landis on May 28, 1941.
	www.cincypost.com /sports/1999/50top041399.html (890 words)

	Sporting News, The: Tar gazing - The Way We Were - 1983 bat incident with baseball player George Brett - Brief Article
		However, A.L. president Lee MacPhail stepped into the fray, overruled the umpires' decision (restoring Brett's two-out, ninth-inning, go-ahead home run) and ordered the game to be resumed on August 18 (the Royals won, 5-4), causing the topic to simmer oft through the summer.
		Caricatures of Yankees manager Billy Martin, MacPhail, McClelland and Brett shared the cover of the August 8 issue with...
		Martin: "What Lee MacPhail has done is tell every kid in the country that they should go ahead and use illegal bats and cheat and they can get away with it."
	www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m1208/is_29_227/ai_105556733 (405 words)

	The New York Times: This Day In Sports
		I don't know who has it-the C.I.A., a think tank at the Pentagon." The umpires declined to show the bat, which they said was on its way to the American League office.
		Presumably, Lee MacPhail, the league president, will study the bat and measure the pine tar tomorrow, then rule on the Royals' protest.
		Four days later, Lee MacPhail upheld the Royals' protest, overruled the umpires and put the Royals back in front, 54.
	www.nytimes.com /packages/html/sports/year_in_sports/07.24.html (875 words)

	The meeting of Monday date 1997, was called to order at 5:47p
		In order to facilitate the building expansion, which will cost approximately 1.5 million dollars, the Students’ Union is going to have to negotiate a loan for approximately six hundred thousand dollars.
		98/02/6:29 Be it resolved to authorise Bell, Biggerstaff and Lee to negotiate the terms of the loan not exceeding six hundred thousand dollars and report back to the Executive before any lending contract is signed.
		Lee asked Rode what he had done in order to get charged by the police.
	www.vcn.bc.ca /lsu/Minutes/1998/M020298.htm (1308 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		``Based on talent alone, he's a mid-first-round guy,'' said Cleveland's scouting director, Lee MacPhail, who is in charge of the Indians' draft.
		MacPhail explained why he thought Drew skidded from the middle to the end of the first round.
		When MacPhail said there were questions about Tim Drew's agent, he meant Boras.
	www24.brinkster.com /jddrewonline/OtherDrew.html (656 words)

	'Reckless' Richards cracks open O's coffers - baltimoresun.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Lee MacPhail, a genial veteran executive who had worked as the Yankees' minor league director and assistant GM, was hired as the Orioles' GM after the 1958 season.
		What they really wanted was someone to say no to him on budget things," MacPhail said in a 1999 interview.
		The organization began to operate normally with MacPhail in charge, Hamper said.
	www.baltimoresun.com /sports/bal-sp.os5029oct29,0,6545387.story?page=2&coll=bal-sports-headlines (737 words)

	Obituaries in the news - Boston.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		In a deal that Lee MacPhail started before leaving Baltimore for the commissioner's office, Dalton finished off his first trade as the Orioles' GM, acquiring Robinson from the Reds for pitchers Milt Pappas and Jack Baldschun and outfielder Dick Simpson.
		Monagan was mayor of Waterbury from 1943 to 1947, when the city hired its first fl teacher and police officer and ended gender-based pay differences in the school system.
		DETROIT (AP) -- Rosa Lee Parks, whose refusal to give up her bus seat to a white man sparked the modern civil rights movement, died Monday.
	www.boston.com /news/nation/articles/2005/10/24/obituaries_in_the_news?mode=PF (927 words)

	BallWonk: But You Turn Right Over to the TV Page (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		MacPhail is - and this is news to BallWonk - the Nationals' director of baseball administration.
		As a Twins fan emeritus, BallWonk is familiar with the benefits of having a MacPhail run one's team.
		It's like having a Lee on hand to run your army, or an O'Brian to run your cattle raid.
	www.ball-wonk.com /archives/000197.html (586 words)

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