OK, so I normally don't do this, but my friend Mike really begged for me to create a 1978 manager card for Atlanta Braves owner Ted Turner, the eccentric businessman who also too a turn leading the Braves before the league stepped in and told him to "stick to his day job":
From the Wikipedia page for the man:
"On May 11, 1977, with the team mired in a 16-game losing streak, Turner sent manager Dave Bristol on a 10-day "scouting trip" and Turner himself took over as interim manager—the first owner/manager in the majors since Connie Mack. He ran the team for one game (a loss to the Pittsburgh Pirates)[53] before National League president Chub Feeney
ordered him to stop running the team. Feeney cited major league rules
which bar managers and players from owning stock in their clubs. Turner
appealed to Commissioner of Baseball Bowie Kuhn,
and showed up to manage the Braves when they returned home. However,
Kuhn turned down the appeal, citing Turner's "lack of familiarity with
game operations."[54]"
To
be honest, and this may be an unpopular opinion, the game seemed much
more fun when we had guys like Turner, George Stenbrenner, Charlie
Finley et. al. running their clubs almost with reckless abandon.
Anyway, thought it was a fun idea and whipped this up to add to the WTHBALLS stable!
Thanks Mike for the suggestion!
