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A czar-like general manager, Lonesome George was a shy, colorless, and humorless penny-pincher who clung to his wife and an inner circle of old friends.
When Weiss retired in 1966 - voluntarily - he left the Mets in better shape than were the last-place Yankees; keys to the 1969 World Champion Mets, such as Tom Seaver and Jerry Koosman, were in the farm system.
Weiss was elected to the Hall of Fame by the Committee on Baseball Veterans in 1971.
But wait-—George Weiss, of GeorgeWeiss Associates, a money market firm, does indeed mean “his” kids, whom he regards as “family” in the broadest and most consistent sense of humanitarian commitment.
Early on, George “Vanilla” Weiss (the kids gave him the moniker, which he adores) shrewdly understood that the most promising youngsters from “the hood” are unlikely to make it if they have to face constant jealousy, illness, or shame.
GeorgeWeiss, a big man with a big heart, was an Olympic gold champion in martial arts, a discipline he took up after an injury.
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