George, very informative piece, as always. But, I would point out for relevancy that Clark Griffith passed in October 1955, with the ownership of the Senators team passing to Calvin Griffith. Calvin was a son of Clark Griffith's wife's sister whom Clark and his wife raised as their own son after Calvin's father passed in 1922 when Calvin was 11. Hence, it was Calvin Griffith who passed on Gabe Paul's million dollar offer for Killebrew & Pascual and who moved the Senators to Minnesota, thereby forever incurring the wrath of diehard Senators fans, such as yours truly.
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