Leland Stanford "Larry" MacPhail, Sr. (born 3 February1890 in Cass City, Michigan - died 1 October1975 in Miami, Florida) was an American executive and innovator in Major League Baseball. During his career he served as the chief executive of the Cincinnati Reds, the Brooklyn Dodgers, and the New York Yankees. His innovations include nighttime baseball, regular game televising and the flying of teams between games. He was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1978; his son Lee MacPhail was elected to the Hall in 1998, making them the only father and son inductees. February 3 is the 34th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1890 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... Cass City is a village located in Tuscola County, Michigan. ... State nickname: Wolverine State or Great Lakes State Other U.S. States Capital Lansing Largest city Detroit Governor Jennifer Granholm Official languages English Area 250,941 km² (11th) - Land 147,255 km² - Water 103,687 km² (41. ... October 1 is the 274th day of the year (275th in Leap years). ... 1975 was a common year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1975 calendar). ... The Miami skyline, as it is seen from the northeast on Biscayne Bay. ... State nickname: Sunshine State, Everglade State Other U.S. States Capital Tallahassee Largest city Jacksonville Governor Jeb Bush Official languages English Area 170,451 km² (22nd) - Land 137,374 km² - Water 30,486 km² (17. ... MLB logo Major League Baseball (MLB) is the highest level of play in professional baseball in the world. ... Los Angeles Dodgers National League AAA Las Vegas 51s AA Jacksonville Suns A Columbus Catfish Vero Beach Dodgers R Ogden Raptors Gulf Coast Dodgers Brooklyn Dodgers redirects here. ... New York Yankees American League AAA Columbus Clippers AA Trenton Thunder A Charleston RiverDogs Tampa Yankees Staten Island Yankees R Gulf Coast Yankees The New York Yankees are a Major League baseball team based in The Bronx, New York City. ... The National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum, located at 25 Main Street in Cooperstown, New York, United States, is a semi-official museum operated by private interests that serves as the central point for the study of the history of baseball in North America, the display of baseball-related... 1978 was a common year starting on Sunday (the link is to a full 1978 calendar). ... Leland Stanford MacPhail, Jr. ... 1998 is a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year of the Ocean. ...
LarryMacPhail was a promoter with a talent and flair for creating excitement.
At the outset of the 1934 season, to quote Lee Allen (The Cincinnati Reds, 1948), "MacPhail had painted the park, he had dolled up the ushers, and installed cigarette girls so cute they made the customers want to smoke themselves to death".
During the 58 years the Reds played at Crosley Field, Crosley was also used for Negro League games, circuses, concerts, rodeos, boxing matches, auto thrill shows, parades, etc. Crosley was also the host to the first Major League night game, played under the lights on May 24, 1935.
MacPhail hired Babe Ruth as coach to generate interest and, anticipating Charlie Finley years later, brought the "stitched lemon," a yellow baseball, to spring training.
MacPhail began as a protege of Branch Rickey, and Rickey replaced him in Brooklyn when MacPhail went into the army in 1942.
MacPhail was a veteran of WWI as well, and had been in a group of plotters who had nearly succeeded in kidnapping Kaiser Wilhelm.
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