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The Futility Infielder found this 5/3/2008 on www.latimes.com [flag]
Emil J. "Buzzie" Bavasi, the forceful general manager who shepherded the Dodgers through their World Series-studded transition from Brooklyn to Los Angeles, died Thursday. He was 92. Bavasi, who also had served as an executive with the Angels and San Diego Padres, died in San Diego of natural causes. His death was announced by the Seattle Mariners, whose general manager is Bill Bavasi, ... [link]

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Farewell to a Much Better Buzz
Published 5/3/2008 by Jay at The Futility Infielder
Farewell to a Much Better Buzz "Who else played golf with Babe Ruth, had dinner with Sandy Koufax and Don Drysdale and worked for people of the stature of Larry MacPhail, Walter O'Malley, Gene Autry and Ray Kroc?" --Buzzie Bavasi (1914-2008) While Buzz Bissinger continues to be ...

Prospectus Hit and Run: The Life and Times of Buzzie Bavasi, Part One by Jay Jaffe
Published 5/7/2008 at Baseball Prospectus
The baseball world lost one of its titans last week, when Buzzie Bavasi died at the age of 93 . A colorful veteran of nearly 50 years in the game, he was the architect of four World Championship teams, and played a pivotal role in some of baseball's biggest changes amid a career that embodied the highest highs and lowest lows of working as a front office executive. The Manhattan-born Bavasi joined the Brooklyn ...

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