How 'bout 'Captain Outrageous' Ted Turner?
I think any owners elected should have had a positive effect on more than just their own team and with the Super-Station expanding fandom, Ted certainly did that. He owned the Braves for close to a quarter century, and after his own 'Steinbrenner' period, he hired the right baseball people and brought Championship caliber Baseball to Georgia for the first time. Under Ted's ownership, the Atlanta team won their only World Championship and dominated their division throughout the decade of the 1990's.
IMO, he deserves induction far more than Frank Navin...and his doesn't have to be posthumously awarded, which, if you remember how Ronnie Santo got treated, means a whole lot!
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