Kuhn presided over one of the most turbulent periods of baseball history, 1969-1984. There will be no shortage of retrospectives of his career in the coming days.
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[Kuhn] then suspended Turner, the Braves owner, in 1976 for tampering with the contract of Gary Matthews.
It's never straightforward when a Gary Matthews contract is involved.
In 1976, [Kuhn] voided the attempt by Finley's Oakland Athletics to sell Vida Blue, Joe Rudi and Rollie Fingers for a combined price of $3.5 million, saying the deals weren't in the best interests of baseball.
Maybe Charlie O would have pocketed the money, but since he was going to lose those guys to free agency soon anyway, was it is baseball's best interest that Charlie didn't have that money with which to attract replacement free agents?
[Kuhn] then suspended Turner, the Braves owner, in 1976 for tampering with the contract of Gary Matthews.
It's never straightforward when a Gary Matthews contract is involved.
In 1976, [Kuhn] voided the attempt by Finley's Oakland Athletics to sell Vida Blue, Joe Rudi and Rollie Fingers for a combined price of $3.5 million, saying the deals weren't in the best interests of baseball.
Maybe Charlie O would have pocketed the money, but since he was going to lose those guys to free agency soon anyway, was it is baseball's best interest that Charlie didn't have that money with which to attract replacement free agents?
Hmmm, whom did he try to sell those players to?
In a perfect example of "some things never change", Rudi and Fingers were sold to the Red Sox, and Blue to the Yankees.
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