Buzzie Bavasi, former Dodgers GM, dies at 92

Los Angeles Times ^ | May 2, 2008 | Steve Henson

[EveningStar]

Emil J. "Buzzie" Bavasi, the forceful general manager who shepherded the Dodgers through their World Series-studded transition from Brooklyn to Los Angeles, died Thursday. He was 92...

[EveningStar]

Some sources list his age as 93.

[EveningStar]

SoCal ping

[SevenofNine]

Yeah guy that traded Nolan Ryan from Angels

DUMB*** COOL I score 10 points on SO CAL Dead pool

[Pylon]

He was a customer of my company years ago. Got to sit with him in his house in La Jolla and talk baseball for a few hours, it was great.

R.I.P.

[EveningStar]

...Though Ryan's strikeouts and no-hitters got him considerable media attention, Ryan did not win over Angels General Manager Buzzie Bavasi, who dismissed him as a flashy .500 pitcher (Ryan was 26-27 in the two years both were with the Angels). When Bavasi let Ryan leave after a 16-14 record in the 1979 season rather than agree to Ryan's demand to become the first player to be paid $1 million per year, Bavasi remarked he only needed to replace Ryan with two 8-7 pitchers, adding, "I think my plumber could do that."

Ryan signed a lucrative free-agent contract with the Houston Astros after the 1979 season, in which he became the first player to be paid $1 million a year...

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[SevenofNine]

Actually maybe just me ES I haven’t forgiven Buzzie for that Nolan Ryan was my Fav Angel player LOL!