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	Opinions: Mark Belling
		While Milwaukee Brewers owner Mark Attanasio has brought a breath of fresh air to Milwaukee’s generally pathetic baseball franchise, the recent firings of several longtime Brewers beer vendors is a sign of what happens when an out-of-town owner runs a company without much concern for local people.
		Attanasio has had two consecutive years of huge operating profits with the Brewers and has used the money to dramatically pay down the debt he assumed when he bought the team from the Selig consortium.
		If Mark Attanasio lets this decision stand, it will be a strong indication his lone concern is for the bottom line and that true Milwaukee baseball fans are low on his priority list.
	www.gmtoday.com /milwaukeetoday/editorials/belling/belling_07052006.asp (903 words)

	The A factor
		Instead of being greeted with high fives and congratulations, Attanasio was instead welcomed by a well-meaning but unsuspecting usher who attempted to put a quick halt to Attanasio’s efforts to enter the clubhouse.
		Attanasio, still grinning ear to ear from a whirlwind day replied — with the apologetic sound of a youngster whose hands are firmly entrenched in a cookie jar — that he is, in fact the "new owner of the Milwaukee Brewers."
		Attanasio calls Yost a great motivator and says Yost’s attitude and expectations have set the mission for the year.
	www.gmtoday.com /content/LSW/2005/August/69.asp (1012 words)

	A pass/fail course - News - MSNBC.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		In late July, Attanasio told local business leaders that it was exciting to him that the team was "relevant." But after a nasty slide in the second half of the season, that changed.
		Attanasio said the organization had the financial flexibility to maintain a $60 million in payroll, but that the actual payroll number would not be known until the team's financial performance is better understood, and when General Manager Doug Melvin completes his assessment of the team.
		Off the field, Attanasio said the organization had already started work on converting several unused suites in the left-field area to a larger club lounge area that is expected to accommodate as many as 240 fans.
	msnbc.msn.com /id/15029193 (824 words)

	washingtonpost.com: Sale of Brewers Is Approved (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Attanasio, 47, is committed to keeping the team in Milwaukee, thanks to a 30-year lease to play in Miller Park.
		Although approval was assured beforehand, Attanasio said it was an emotional moment when he walked into the room and was given a standing ovation by the other owners.
		Attanasio has been a group managing director of the Trust Company of the West, a money management firm, since 1995.
	www.washingtonpost.com /ac2/wp-dyn/A8187-2005Jan13?language=printer (357 words)

	wisbusiness (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Mark Attanasio has invested in and acquired companies in a variety of industries around the United States as an investor specialist, but baseball might be the highest profile, most unique industry of all.
		Attanasio told the players he has "always been part of a team in business," and urged them to "look out for each other" in good and bad times.
		Attanasio: Whether it's an airline, or a hotel room, there are a number of different metrics and ways you can analyze how to maximize revenue.
	www.wisbusiness.com /index.iml?Article=32424 (2013 words)

	Mark Attanasio - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Mark L. Attanasio is a Los Angeles investment banker who, in September 2004, reached a deal to purchase the Milwaukee Brewers from the family of Major League Baseball (MLB) commissioner Bud Selig for US$180 million.
		In 2001, Attanasio joined the board of directors at the telecommunications firm Global Crossing, which filed for bankruptcy in January 2002.
		Mark is the brother of television writer Paul Attanasio.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Mark_Attanasio (201 words)

	Milwaukee Brewers @ Bare Baseball - Baseball MLB Blog: November 2005
		Owner Mark Attanasio is a big fan of Melvin's and has largely left the GM alone in terms of baseball decisions.
		Attanasio and Melvin had worked on the extension for the past few weeks, but the owner decided to bring negotiations to a conclusion when Melvin's name surfaced in regard to openings in Boston and with the Los Angeles Dodgers.
		Attanasio said Melvin excels in what he considers the three primary functions of a general manager_player assessment, overall management skills and communication, from both inside and outside the organization.
	milwaukeebrewers.barebaseball.com /2005_11_01_archive.html (16904 words)

	Brewers' new boss steps up to plate; Friends, family say he'll bring Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, The - Find Articles (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Attanasio came in as a senior partner at TCW, and became a member of its board.
		Paul Attanasio, who at 44 is two years younger than his brother, said Mark will be successful because he is true to his word.
		Attanasio received a bachelor's degree in 1979 from Brown University in Providence, R.I., and has been an active alumnus of the school.
	www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_qn4196/is_20041003/ai_n10994858 (855 words)

	SportingNews.com Blogs
		Brewers owner Mark Attanasio who purchased the team before the 2005 season has brought a huge spark back to the city of Milwaukee.
		Attanasio who bought the team from Wendy Selig (Bud Selig's daughter) has brought a sense of passion back to this team.
		Mark is the type of owner that all fans would love to have.
	www.sportingnews.com /blog/jrstobbe1982/13680 (415 words)

	wfrv.com - Brewers To Be Cautious With Sheets (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Attanasio, the team's chairman and principal owner, said he has instructed the team's medical staff to be cautious with Sheets, who is on the disabled list with tendinitis in his right shoulder.
		Despite the injury, Attanasio said the team would not push their No. 1 starter into returning before he is ready.
		Attanasio also reiterated that the team would like to keep slugger Carlos Lee, who is a free agent after the season.
	wfrv.com /sports/local_story_158114824.html (439 words)

	Brewers no longer losers - Addict Baseball and Football Forum
		Attanasio raised the payroll from a major league-low $27.5 million in 2004 to more than $40 million in 2005 and he said it will go up again next year.
		Attanasio isn't looking for pricey short-term solutions to put the Brewers in playoff contention in 2006 but won't shy away from acquisitions that will pay off down the road.
		Attanasio wants to sign general manager Doug Melvin to a long-term contract extension by November, and Melvin in turn will try to lock up Yost for the long haul.
	www.addictsports.com /baseball/showthread.php?t=54606 (806 words)

	The Capital Times (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		MILWAUKEE -- Mark Attanasio, the Wall Street genius that he is, is not one to mortgage long-term viability for short-lived pleasure.
		But Attanasio doesn't want fans to think for a moment that the Brewers are treading water, waiting for the arrival of Rickie Weeks and Prince Fielder in 2006.
		Attanasio has a reputation for hiring bright people and encouraging them to trust their instincts.
	www.madison.com /tct/sports/brewers/index.php?ntid=35793 (908 words)

	Brewers announce sale of team to L.A. investor Attanasio - The Business Journal of Milwaukee: (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Attanasio, 47, said it will take approximately 60 days to finalize terms of the deal, which must be approved by Major League Baseball owners, before a definitive agreement is signed.
		Attanasio will pay about $100 million in cash for the deal and assume about $110 million of stadium debt and $10 million of other liabilities, sources said.
		Attanasio said he intends to keep the team in Milwaukee, citing a strong local fan base among his reasons for keeping the team here.
	www.bizjournals.com /milwaukee/stories/2004/10/04/daily10.html (735 words)

	Sports: Thursday marked down for announcement of Washington 'Expos'
		BREWERS SALE: The Brewers have agreed to accept an offer from Los Angeles investor Mark L. Attanasio to buy the team from the family of commissioner Bud Selig.
		AP reported that Attanasio's offer was orally accepted by the Brewers' board last week.
		Attanasio and the team are drafting the sale agreement, AP reported.
	www.sptimes.com /2004/09/28/news_pf/Sports/Thursday_marked_down_.shtml (486 words)

	JS Online:
		Besides Attanasio, another serious candidate is Daniel Gilbert of Livonia, Mich. In June, the Journal Sentinel reported that Gilbert, a multimillionaire who is chairman and founder of Quicken Loans, was studying the possibility of buying the team.
		With Attanasio, Gilbert and an unidentified third person or party expressing serious interest in buying the franchise, the Brewers are in an enviable position of being a wanted team.
		Attanasio is a graduate of Brown University and received his law degree from Columbia University.
	www.jsonline.com /sports/brew/sep04/258233.asp (1260 words)

	OnMilwaukee.com Milwaukee Buzz: Sunday Sound-Off: Will Mark Attanasio improve the Brewers?
		Last week, we asked readers if they thought Mark Attanasio, the new owner of the Brewers, would have a positive impact on the team's success.
		Attanasio will understand Milwaukee sports fans and what we have come to know and love about baseball.
		If Mark can give us another night like the night we won the American League in '82, then I will be forever grateful.
	www.onmilwaukee.com /buzz/articles/soundoff2.html (535 words)

	Baseball notebook: Expos' move due for OK today (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Originally, owners also were to vote on the $223 million sale of the Milwaukee Brewers from the family of commissioner Bud Selig to Mark Attanasio.
		This will mark the first move of a major-league baseball team since the expansion Washington Senators became the Texas Rangers after the 1971 season.
		Attanasio, a Los Angeles investor, agreed in late September to buy the Brewers from the Selig family, who have owned the controlling share since 1970 -- when Selig bought the Seattle Pilots in bankruptcy court and moved the team to Milwaukee.
	www.postgazette.com /pg/04323/413645.stm (607 words)

	BAM: Baseball''s Newest Owner, Features, September/October 2005 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Attanasio, who has built a reputation at TCW for turning around distressed companies and portfolios, ably improved, pro bono, a portion of the University’s endowment known as the Third Century Fund, preparing it for more routine outside management.
		Attanasio says the experience put him on the lookout for other opportunities that would benefit both him and the public good.
		Attanasio may want to help the city of Milwaukee by owning the Brewers, but he’s also a shrewd and competitive businessman who likes to earn a profit and who’s not going to take on an organization unless he believes he knows how to improve it.
	www.brownalumnimagazine.com /storyDetail.cfm?ID=2813 (2815 words)

	Zmetro.com: Drexel Burnham Lambert Alumni Article: Brewer's Mark Attanasio
		New Brewer CEO Mark Attanasio gets a few mentions in Jenny Anderson's article on the Drexel Diaspora:Several other former Drexel employees are managing billions for pension funds, endowments, wealthy people and one another - often using junk bonds.
		Mark L. Attanasio, a senior vice president at Drexel when it collapsed, is a managing partner at Trust Company of the West, a $109.7 billion money management firm.
		Attanasio also worked at Global Crossing with another ex-Drexel player - Gary Winnick.
	www.zmetro.com /archives/001473.php (249 words)

	Ivy League Sports
		On a beautiful afternoon in late July, Mark Attanasio ’79 happily signs autographs and chats with fans as he makes his way to Section 114, Row 1, Seat 1 right beside the Milwaukee Brewers dugout at Miller Park, the team’s home field.
		Also known as the owner’s box, this has been Attanasio’s preferred spot for monitoring his latest investment—one that he acquired in January for $223 million from the family of baseball commissioner Bud Selig.
		A bespectacled and young-looking forty-seven-year-old, Attanasio looks like an investment banker, which is in fact his “day job,” as he likes to refer to it.
	www.ivyleaguesports.com /article.asp?intID=4463 (177 words)

	Paul Attanasio @ Filmbug
		Paul Attanasio is an American screenwriter and producer of film and television.
		Attanasio was a film critic for The Washington Post from 1984 to 1987.
		He returned to television and started executive producing in addition to writing the medical drama Gideon's Crossing and the pilot for R.U.S.H. For 2006 he will write the screenplays for the films The Good German and East of Eden.
	www.filmbug.com /db/345325 (172 words)

	Baseball America - Top 10 Prospects: Milwaukee Brewers
		Instead, the 2005 team’s 81-81 record meant Milwaukee had its first non-losing season since that club, snapping a tie with the Pirates for baseball’s longest active streak of sub-.500 seasons at 12.
		Owner Mark Attanasio, 48, brought a new vibe to the organization, which finally shed its link to commissioner (and former owner) Bud Selig.
		Attanasio increased payroll from $27 million in 2004, and he thanked fans for their support by giving them free tickets to the season finale.
	www.baseballamerica.com /today/features/05top10s/brewers.html (529 words)

	Brewerfan.net - Opening Day Victory: Cirillo Returns With A Bang (Brewers 9, Pirates 2)
		With the Allegheny River flowing high and mighty under the Roberto Clemente Bridge, it was finally baseball season once again as the Brewers took on the Pirates in an afternoon showdown between two rebuilding franchises.
		The 37th Opening Day in club history (the 36th since moving to Milwaukee), Monday's contest was also the first with owner Mark Attanasio at the helm, the soft-spoken businessman who has quickly become a fan favorite in the Beer City and the standard bearer for the team's long-awaited rejuvenation.
		The win was also very special for Attanasio, who had to have his arm twisted in order to visit the clubhouse after the game.
	www.brewerfan.net /ViewDailyReport.do?dailyReportId=352 (2295 words)

	CTV.ca \| CTV News, Shows and Sports - Canadian Television
		SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. (AP) - Major league owners unanimously approved the $223-million US sale of the Milwaukee Brewers on Thursday from the family of commissioner Bud Selig to a group headed by Los Angeles investor Mark Attanasio.
		The team has struggled to be competitive in recent years but has made several player moves in the off-season thanks to the prospect of new ownership.
		Attanasio said there was never any interest in moving the team.
	www.tsn.ca /ctvnews/sportsstory.asp?story_id=111128 (525 words)

	Owners to discuss drug-testing policy (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		The sale, to a group headed by Los Angeles investor Mark Attanasio, would mark the end of the Selig family's interests in the organization.
		Attanasio is the proposed controlling partner for the franchise, which could be sold for about $220 million, the Journal Sentinel reported.
		MLB and Orioles owner Peter Angelos have yet to agree on compensation in the event the Washington franchise financially hurts his Baltimore franchise.
	www.azcentral.com /sports/diamondbacks/articles/0111owners0111.html (511 words)

	SportingNews.com - MLB - Brewers: Contract extension for Melvin in the works
		"Doug Melvin's contract is absolutely being extended," owner Mark Attanasio said before the Brewers-Reds "free admission" game at Miller Park.
		Attanasio wouldn't say what, if anything, was a sticking point.
		When Attanasio purchased the team from the Selig family late last year, he increased player payroll from a league-low $27.5 million in 2004 to more than $40 million this season and he gave himself a three-year window to build a team that could be consistently competitive.
	www.sportingnews.com /yourturn/viewtopic.php?t=21383 (462 words)

	Dodger Thoughts: Brewercide: Life on the Street (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		If Paul Attanasio, creator of the masterful Homicide: Life on the Street, is looking for more dark stories to tell, perhaps his brother’s new acquisition will provide the inspiration.
		Mark Attanasio, a partner in Los Angeles-based investment firm Trust Company of the West, has reportedly reached an agreement to buy the Milwaukee Brewers.
		On one of Paul’s later creations, Century City, a baseball player in the year 2030 fights a rule set by the Lords of Baseball that prevents ballplayers with a bionic eye.
	www.all-baseball.com /dodgerthoughts/archives/015671.html (531 words)

	The Journal Times Online
		While specific numbers aren't available, somewhere in that exchange Attansio made enough to a lead a group that spent $223 million to buy the Brewers; Attansio's stake was reportedly $180 million, making the 47-year-old the team's majority owner.
		As for his day job, Attanasio reportedly managed billions of dollars in investments and managed various high stakes projects in the finance sector.
		Attanasio increased the Brewers' payroll from $27 million to $40 million - and the team is on the verge of its first non-losing season since 1992.
	www.journaltimes.com /articles/2005/10/02/local/columns/iq_3690110.txt (870 words)

	Sports Betting and Gambling Odds Online (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Besides Molitor’s departure, the ascension of owner Bud Selig to the commissioner’s role (and subsequent transfer of ownership to daughter Wendy Selig-Prieb) is seen as a major turning point for the worse.
		After the 2004 season, Los Angeles investor Mark Attanasio snatched the club out of the MLB discard bin for $180 million.
		To be fair to the previous administration, Attanasio has the benefit of working some young and exciting players into the mix.
	www.covers.com /articles/sb_articles.aspx?theArt=2281 (828 words)

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