Category: owners
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The Natural
One of our favorite baseball movies is The Natural from 1984 starring Robert Redford as the fictional player Roy Hobbs. Truly an inspirational film and one that even a non-baseball fan would love. We remember this iconic film, since we feel it accurately juxtaposes the love of the game from the BP, many fans, and…
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The Cheapest and Most Tone Deaf Owner
Previously in our series about bad owners we brought to you John Fisher of the Oakland A’s. In addition to Mr. Fisher being a bad and disloyal owner (as he is moving his club to Las Vegas next year and robbing the Bay Area of their long time club), you can also add cheap and…
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Bad Owners Series: Colorado Rockies
In our continuing series of bad MLB owners, we bring you the Colorado Rockies. The franchises primary owners are brothers Charles and Richard Monfort, who are sons of Kenneth Monfort who owned a successful meatpacking company that was later acquired by ConAgra foods. The brothers have owned the team since 2005, with Richard as the…
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Bad Owners Series: Oakland Athletics
Oakland Athletics win the 1973 World Series
Baseball Purist 