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Monday, July 28, 2008

Bob DuPuy, Jerry Reinsdorf, Phil Niekro named Directors of Hall of Fame Board

(Bob DuPuy moves up the ladder)...(MLB.com) "At the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum's annual Board of Directors meeting on July 26, Bob DuPuy, Phil Niekro and Jerry Reinsdorf were elected to the Board, bringing the total number of directors to 18...
  • baseball's Central Offices, including licensing, sponsorship, international, broadcasting, publishing, marketing, public relations, government relations, baseball operations, legal affairs, finance, baseball's internet operations and the labor relations committee.

Phil Niekro was elected to the National Baseball Hall of Fame in 1997, following a 24-year career as a major league pitcher, spent mostly with the Atlanta Braves. Named for his prowess with the knuckleball pitch, "Knucksie" recorded 318 wins and 3,342 strikeouts, pitching for the Milwaukee Braves (1964-'65), Atlanta Braves (1966-'83, 1987), New York Yankees (1984-'85), Cleveland Indians (1986-'87) and Toronto Blue Jays (1987).

  • as a member of the Executive Council, a past chairman of baseball's Ownership Committee and as a former member of the Player Relations Committee.
Other members of the Board in addition to Chairman Jane Forbes Clark:
  • (MLB.com): "Vice Chairman Joe Morgan, along with four other Hall of Fame players including Robin Roberts, Brooks Robinson, Frank Robinson and Tom Seaver. Major League Baseball Commissioner Allan H. "Bud" Selig, major league owners Bill DeWitt Jr. (St. Louis), David Glass (Kansas City) and George Steinbrenner, former American League President and Hall of Fame executive Lee MacPhail, former MLB President Paul Beeston, minor league owner Bill Gladstone (Tri-City Valley Cats), Kevin Moore, president of the Clark Estates, Inc. and former Hall of Fame Chairman Ed Stack round out the list of Directors."...

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