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- 01 Mar 2011
- News
Local Hero
from a franchise on the brink of leaving town in 1992 to toast of the town in 2010 is the stuff of Hollywood scripts. And indeed, when the lanky, loquacious executive talks about his lifelong history with the team, his reminiscences are captivating. Baer’s career in... View Details
- 01 Jun 2003
- News
Portraits from the Class of 2003
Scott St. Germain “When my children are asked, ‘So, what does your father do?’, I hope they will reply, ‘He’s the coach of my baseball team.’” Grew Up: Raynham, Massachusetts Why HBS: case method allows learning from others’ success and... View Details
- 01 Jun 2009
- News
Murray Named Class of ’08 Fellow
fascinating, high-caliber group of people,” he says. “I never could have arranged a trip like that on my own.” Murray, who played Division I baseball at UNM, is grateful for the fellowship support he has received. “I was expecting to... View Details
- 01 Feb 1998
- News
Running Up the Score
visible component of a business with increasingly explosive, multifaceted economic aspects. Yet despite these turbulent conditions, there's no shortage of new ownership wanting to jump into the game. For example, two new baseball... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons
- 01 Jun 1998
- News
Mark Tatum
East Flatbush section of Brooklyn, where he learned early on to love baseball and to get along with all kinds of people. The decision to bypass medicine proved only a momentary redirection in an impressive college career: he went on to... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young; photograph by Webb Chappell
- 26 Jun 2008
- News
The First HBS Class Notes
Harvard Clubs. Mr. Hite, the subject of the first class note, is third from the left. The same issue has lively photos of an impromptu baseball game during an HBS Alumni Association outing in Swampscott, Massachusetts. "Showing 'em how... View Details
- 13 Dec 2022
- News
The First Five Years: Christine Keung and Reggie Smith
Christine Keung (at podium) and Reginald Smith (both MBA 2020) present recommendations for economic development to the West Virginia State Senate in May 2022. How did you meet? Reggie Smith: "We first met before classes started RC year at a big social event in... View Details
- 24 Apr 2014
- News
When being a good neighbor means economic development
Rescued in the early 1990s and revived by president and CEO Jonathan Larry Baer (MBA 1985), the San Francisco Giants are baseball champions, with World Series wins in 2010 and 2012. Now Baer is poised to spread the success with a $1.6... View Details
- 01 Dec 2010
- News
The Father of Modern Advertising
scandal, Lasker pushed for the creation of a baseball commissioner. He was also an influential philanthropist behind the success of Planned Parenthood and the American Cancer Society. The Lasker that pops from these pages is driven,... View Details
- 01 Sep 2015
- News
3-Minute Briefing: Fred Newman (MBA 1978)
Video Embed How “the human fly” saved Newman from a cold call. I wasn’t unique as a kid. In small-town Georgia, all the guys did sound effects. We’d swap them like baseball cards: Show me how to do a finger whistle, and I’ll show you how... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 04 Sep 2019
- News
Giving Live Sports Another Dimension
bridge the divide between the organic feel of a live game with the instant pleasures of technology to create something unique? That’s where augmented reality comes into the picture. Say you’re watching the Erie SeaWolves, one of the first minor league View Details
- 01 Mar 2018
- News
More Than a Game
Above: photo by Peter Taylor Fernando Aguirre (PPL 2009) owns the Erie SeaWolves minor league baseball team, and he runs it with the same management strategies he employed during his career in consumer goods. One is a hands-on approach:... View Details
Keywords: Dan Morrell
- 01 Sep 2008
- News
Looking to the Majors
PAULSON: Sports is a tough business for ROI, but the returns to the community can be ample. Merritt Paulson (MBA ’00), owner of the minor league Portland Beavers Triple-A baseball team and the United Soccer League’s Portland Timbers, is... View Details
- 01 Apr 2000
- News
Deep in the Heart of Texas
elected Dallas Club President Kenneth P. Winslow (MBA '76) cites the special activities and informal networking that mark his club's events. He recalls in particular a July 28, 1994, outing at a Texas Rangers baseball game, where pitcher... View Details
Keywords: Amy E. Dean
- 04 Sep 2019
- News
Putting the Game Within Reach
the FCFL will look to expand the concept to other sports. Baseball and cricket are naturals, with organic stoppages that allow fans to call pitches and set strategies. Free-flowing sports like soccer and basketball would be harder to... View Details
- 01 Sep 2017
- News
The Biggest Industry You’ve Never Heard Of
baseball games; the games that amateur players broadcast are more like a pickup basketball game. The world championships in each of the major games are the Super Bowl. But the comparisons begin to fall apart when attention turns to... View Details
- 01 Jun 2002
- News
Two Presidents, One Goal: Building on the Club of Chicago
who organizes the subgroup's activities, be it a Kane County Cougars minor league baseball game or a Chicago Shakespeare Theatre performance. Baskin and Mott liken the SIGs to “wetting a fingertip to see which way the wind is blowing” —... View Details
Keywords: Amy Burton
- 01 Mar 2014
- News
Insight: Yenball
by Dan Morrell Perhaps the biggest free agent target in major league baseball this off-season was 25-year-old Masahiro Tanaka, a pitcher in the Japanese professional league with a devastating split-finger fastball who made international... View Details
- 06 Sep 2013
- News
More Seats at the Table
the enthusiasm of a baseball fan at an All-Star game. "Qualified women run the gamut," she says. "I can tell you about a 37-year-old rocket scientist who is going to join a board. She is one of the most poised, mature people I've ever... View Details
- 01 Sep 2003
- News
New York Club Honors Goldman Sachs CEO
number of restaurants, bakeries, and cafés to over four thousand. Baseball great Hank Aaron, SVP of the Atlanta Braves, presented the award during the club’s Community Leadership Dinner on April 24 at the Biltmore in Atlanta. Aaron also... View Details