PEOPLE KNOWN FOR: baseball
American baseball player
Curt Schilling American professional baseball player who emerged as a leading pitcher in the 1990s and helped both the Arizona Diamondbacks (2001) and the Boston Red Sox (2004 and 2007) win the World Series....
Japanese baseball player
Oh Sadaharu professional baseball player who played for the Tokyo Yomiuri Giants in the Japanese Central League for 22 seasons between 1959 and 1980 and who holds the record for the most home runs ever...
American lawyer and businessman
Jerry Reinsdorf American lawyer and businessman who was the majority owner of the Chicago Bulls and Chicago White Sox sports franchises. After graduating from George Washington University (B.A., 1957)...
Japanese baseball player
Nomo Hideo professional baseball player. In 1995 Nomo became the first Japanese citizen to join an American major league team after having played professionally in the Japanese major leagues. (The first...
American baseball executive
Bill Veeck was an American professional baseball club executive and owner, who introduced many innovations in promotion. Veeck grew up with baseball management. His father, a Chicago sportswriter, became...
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