Nov. 19, 1960: Hank Greenberg, former baseball star who was part owner of the Chicago White Sox, was out as the potential bidder for the American League baseball team hoping to start play in Los Angeles in 1961. So who was in?
The Times reported that several people were talking about taking over, including Gene Autry, the former cowboy star described by the paper as a “television tycoon.”
Autry got into the ownership sweepstakes only after talking to Greenberg about carrying the new baseball team’s games on Autry’s radio station, KMPC. Dodger owner Walter O’Malley had moved his team’s games from KMPC to KFI. Now Autry was in the mix as a potential owner.
Well, today’s the day. If we get past it we’re in. Of course, no one is sure for what or for how long.
“I walk alone,” the voice on the phone told me, more as an apology than as a boast. “With me, it’s habit. I guess I never learned any other way.”
Note: This is an encore post from 2008.
“Mrs. Graham didn’t bat an eye.”
“I just can’t believe that verdict is true.”
“Life is so short. Is mine to be shorter?”
“As long as they found me guilty of something I didn’t do, I’d rather take the gas chamber.”
“When you hear the pellets drop, count 10 and take a deep breath.”
“The newsmen and photogs around the office say she was ‘guilty as hell.’ “
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