George Steinbrenner
He is “The new owner of the New York Yankees…(who) had paid $10 million for the entire team in 1973.”
Catfish Hunter
He is “baseball’s first modern free agent” who “George Steinbrenner paid $3.75 million.”
Pat Gillick
He is “the general manager of the Toronto Blue Jays.”
Coles
He is “a sprinter who has already signed a football scholarship to play wide receiver at UCLA.”
Billy Beane
A renowned baseball player: “When he was a young man, Billy Beane could beat anyone at anything. He was so naturally superior to whomever he happened to be playing against.”
Alderson
He is credited with promulgating “a new baseball corporate culture around a single baseball statistic: on-base percentage.”
