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Bye-Bye Baby
Item Title Bye-Bye Baby
Speaker Lurie, Robert A.
Date CreatedMarch 19, 1976
Description

Lurie, a co-owner of the San Francisco Giants baseball team, talks about the process of keeping major league baseball in San Francisco. The team was very nearly sold to a Canadian brewery and moved to Toronto, Canada. Lurie mentions that Mayor George Moscone played a significant role in the negotiation process. Also, he talks about Bob Short and Bud Herseth and discusses Candlestick Park.

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Place RecordedSan Francisco, California, United States
DimensionsDuration: 37 minutes, 19 seconds
FormatSound Recording
Medium speeches (documents)
Hoover IDProgram 19760319; 2003c87_a_0005517
Record Number2003C87.744
RightsUsed with permission of the Commonwealth Club of California.This copy is provided for educational and research purposes only. No publication, further reproduction, or reuse of copies, beyond fair use, may be made without the express written permission of the copyright owner.

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