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Kenesaw Mountain Landis
Kenesaw Mountain Landis, first Commissioner of Baseball (1920-1944) and former US federal judge famous for the $29 million Standard Oil fine; banned the eight acquitted Black Sox players for life and kept MLB segregated.
Kim Ng
Kim Ng, baseball executive; first woman and first East Asian American general manager in MLB, Miami Marlins GM 2020-2023 (220-266, 2023 playoffs), previously Yankees, Dodgers, and MLB SVP of baseball operations.
List of Los Angeles Dodgers owners and executives
Los Angeles Dodgers owners and executives: from GM Buzzie Bavasi (1950) through O'Malley, McCourt, and Mark Walter's Guggenheim Baseball Management ($2.15 billion, 2012), with Stan Kasten, Andrew Friedman, and GM Brandon Gomes.
List of Major League Baseball players suspended for performance-enhancing drugs
MLB players suspended for performance-enhancing drugs under the Joint Drug Prevention and Treatment Program: 50/100/lifetime penalty ladder, from Palmeiro and Ramirez through Biogenesis, Rodriguez's 162-game ban, Mejía's lifetime ban, and recent 80-game cases.
List of people banned from Major League Baseball
People banned from Major League Baseball: the Black Sox eight (1921), Phil Douglas, O'Connell and Dolan, owner William Cox, Pete Rose (1989), and Tucupita Marcano (2024); Manfred's May 2025 ruling ended bans at death.
Major League Baseball Players Association
The Major League Baseball Players Association (MLBPA) is the labor union for players on 40-man Major League rosters and roughly 5,500 Minor League players, founded in 1954 and unionized in 1966.
Major League Baseball rosters
Major League Baseball rosters: the 26-man active roster (13-pitcher cap, 28 players from Sept. 1) and the 40-man roster governing options, waivers, Rule 5 protection, service time, and postseason eligibility.
Major League Baseball transactions
Major League Baseball transactions: the CBA-governed system of trades, free agency, waivers, options, arbitration, and the Rule 5 Draft, plus the 2026 CBA proposals reshaping rosters and free agency.
Marge Schott
Marge Schott (Margaret Unnewehr Schott), Cincinnati businesswoman, owned and operated the Cincinnati Reds 1984-1999, first woman to run an MLB team; won 1990 World Series, twice suspended for racist and anti-Semitic remarks, sold for $67 million in 1999.
Mark Shapiro (sports executive)
Mark Shapiro, MLB executive, President and CEO of the Toronto Blue Jays and Rogers Centre since November 2015; former Cleveland Indians GM (2001-2010) and team president; two-time Sporting News Executive of the Year; five-year extension through 2030.
Mike Veeck
Mike Veeck (born 1951), son of Bill Veeck, American baseball promoter; organized 1979 Disco Demolition Night, ran St. Paul Saints with Bill Murray, president of Goldklang Group, motto "Fun Is Good."
Paul DePodesta
Paul DePodesta, sports executive and Moneyball figure; Rockies president of baseball operations (Nov 2025), former Browns chief strategy officer 2016-2025, ex-Dodgers GM, A's assistant GM, Mets and Padres executive.
Paul Toboni
Paul Toboni (born 1990, San Francisco) is the Washington Nationals' president of baseball operations since October 2025, youngest in MLB; former Red Sox intern-to-assistant-GM scouting executive.
Reserve clause
Reserve clause: baseball contract provision, from 1879 National League rule to 1887 standard contract, binding players to one team in perpetuity; struck down by Peter Seitz's December 23, 1975 arbitration decision, creating free agency.
Rob Manfred
Rob Manfred (Robert D. Manfred, Jr., born 1958), 10th Commissioner of Baseball since January 25, 2015, former MLB labor negotiator and COO; led 2023 pitch-timer, shift-ban, and larger-bases rules; term runs through January 2029.
Ross Atkins (baseball)
Ross Atkins, born in 1973, is an American baseball executive who has been the Toronto Blue Jays' general manager since 2015, leading them to the 2025 World Series.
Theo Epstein
Theo Epstein is an American baseball executive whose rosters won the 2004 and 2007 World Series with Boston and the Cubs' drought-breaking 2016 title in Chicago.
Thomas S. Ricketts
Thomas S. Ricketts, also known as Thomas Stuart Ricketts, is an American financier and owner of the Chicago Cubs, which his family bought for $845 million in 2009.
Tom Yawkey
Tom Yawkey (1903-1976), born Thomas Yawkey Austin, owned the Boston Red Sox for 43 years from 1933, winning pennants in 1946, 1967, and 1975; his legacy is marked by the team being the last to integrate.
Tony Clark
Tony Clark (Anthony Christopher Clark), born 1972, former MLB first baseman and MLBPA executive director 2013–2026, first ex-player to lead the union; led the 2022 CBA through a 99-day lockout; resigned February 2026 amid investigations.