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...
- Bob DuPuy is President and Chief Operating Officer of Major League Baseball, a position he has held since March 2002. DuPuy is responsible for all phases of
- 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).
- Jerry Reinsdorf is Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Chicago White Sox. Since heading the limited partnership that purchased the White Sox in January 1981, Reinsdorf has been involved in Major League Baseball initiatives at an industry-wide level,
- 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.
- Reinsdorf also serves as Chairman of the Chicago Bulls."
- (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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