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    Peter Victor Ueberroth (/ˈjuːbərɒθ/; born September 2, 1937) is an American sports and business executive known for his involvement in the Olympics and...
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    stay for the 1984 regular season before being replaced by Peter Ueberroth. Peter Ueberroth was elected to succeed Bowie Kuhn on March 3, 1984, and took...
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  • impressed Major League Baseball owners, was unanimously elected to succeed Peter Ueberroth as commissioner on September 8, 1988. He formally took office on April...
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  • together with his brother, former Commissioner of Baseball Peter Ueberroth.) By 2005, Casey Ueberroth had also joined the family business as a managing director...
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    >$100bn Charles R. Schwab, Founder & CEO, Charles Schwab Corporation Peter Ueberroth, Chairman, 1984 L.A. Olympic Games, former Commissioner, Major League...
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    Pete Rose (redirect from Peter E. Rose)
    questioned in February 1989 by Giamatti and Commissioner of Baseball Peter Ueberroth. With his lawyer present, Rose stated that he had bet on football,...
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  • Commissioner Peter Ueberroth handed down suspensions to 11 players. All the suspensions were commuted in exchange for fines and community service. Ueberroth also...
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    involved in gambling, and both were reinstated by Kuhn's successor Peter Ueberroth in 1985. Also in 1970, Kuhn described Jim Bouton's Ball Four as "detrimental...
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    speech by former Los Angeles Olympic Organizing Committee president Peter Ueberroth, as well as a re-enactment of the lighting of the Olympic cauldron...
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    Andrei Gromyko Sporting positions Preceded by Jean Doré President of Organizing Committee for Summer Olympic Games 1980 Succeeded by Peter Ueberroth...
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  • (1951–1965), Spike Eckert (1965–1968), Bowie Kuhn (1969–1984) and Peter Ueberroth (1984–1989), only three players (or former players) were banned for...
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    January 7, 1985. p. 58. Retrieved April 3, 2023. "Man of the Year: Peter Ueberroth". Time. Vol. 125, no. 1. January 7, 1985. Retrieved April 3, 2023....
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    President of the National League to replace Bart Giamatti, who succeeded Peter Ueberroth as Commissioner. White served as NL president until he retired in 1994...
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    Green Party candidate Peter Camejo, Republican State Senator Tom McClintock, and former baseball commissioner Peter Ueberroth—participated in a live...
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  • break the news. Two general managers called Commissioner of Baseball Peter Ueberroth asking about Finch. The St. Petersburg Times sent a reporter to find...
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  • Series in five games. This would also be the final full season for Peter Ueberroth as MLB commissioner. One of the American League's best players in 1988...
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  • World Series that Peter Ueberroth presided over as commissioner. Ueberroth began his tenure on October 1, succeeding Bowie Kuhn. Ueberroth had been elected...
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    were paid for by corporate sponsors. The Organizing Committee led by Peter Ueberroth used some of the profits to endow the LA84 Foundation to promote youth...
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  • he had asked Commissioner Peter Ueberroth, who was in attendance, to overrule the call and declare Orta out. If Ueberroth had refused to do so, Herzog...
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  • The Judds, an interview with the outgoing commissioner of baseball, Peter Ueberroth (interrupted briefly when Chase, who followed late-night talk show...
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    swimmer and coach Francie Larrieu-Smith, track and field athlete Peter Ueberroth, Major League Baseball Commissioner 1984–89 Bill Green, former United...
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  • Los Angeles Dodgers in six games. This was the first full season for Peter Ueberroth as commissioner. There was a brief interruption during the regular...
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  • believed he had made the right call until he later met with Commissioner Peter Ueberroth after the game and had the opportunity to see the replay himself. He...
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  • — Jack Buck Following Game 6, Major League Baseball commissioner Peter Ueberroth met with Denkinger outside the umpire's locker room at Royals Stadium...
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  • large player salaries. Their bans were lifted during Commissioner Peter Ueberroth's term. In March 1989, Pete Rose, baseball's all-time hits leader and...
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  • kilometer was $3,000, the proceeds of which would be donated to charity. Peter Ueberroth, chair of the Los Angeles Olympic Organizing Committee (LAOOC), later...
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    Cypress by an investor group led by Clint Eastwood, Arnold Palmer, and Peter Ueberroth. At the north end, a portion of the early route through Pacific Grove...
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    national business, and was owned for a time in the 20th century by Peter Ueberroth, one time Commissioner of Baseball. The building once featured an historic...
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    members of the Pirates. On February 28, 1986, Baseball Commissioner Peter Ueberroth suspended several players including Berra. The suspensions were waived...
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    the flag of the "organizing city". Berlioux as well as LAOOC head Peter Ueberroth agreed to use the Los Angeles city flag instead. The Olympic hymn was...
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