George Weiss (Baseball. Born, New Haven, CT, June 23, 1895; died, Greenwich, CT, Aug. 13, 1972.) If any baseball executive in New York history matched the acumen of Ed Barrow or Branch Rickey, George Martin Weiss was that man. Weiss was the Yankees general manager from 1948-60, during which time the team exerted the greatest […]
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