I did not know this at all, but the NYY player who made his debut in this game, SS Joe Buzas, was quite the entrepreneur!
From baseball-reference.com:
Joe Buzas owned 82 minor league teams at some point in a 47-year period. At the time of his death he owned the Salt Lake Stingers. The opening day shortstop for the New York Yankees in 1945, he badly injured his shoulder, ending his playing career. The first team he owned was the Syracuse Chiefs. In 1978 he paid $1 for the debt-ridden Reading Phillies and in 1986 sold the team for $1 million. Buzas was known for turning a profit when times were poor financially in the minors.
Also for NYY fans, the winner of this game, Atley Donald, spent all 8 of his years in MLB with the Yankees. He won 65 games, and this was his final year in the bigs.
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Also working on a 1951 Bowman Baseball set, free of gum stains.
Last edited by jrlebert; 02-20-2012 at 06:04 PM.
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