Joe Garagiola, Jr.
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Joe Garagiola, Jr. (born 1952) is the senior vice president of standards and on-field operations for Major League Baseball.[1] He was previously senior vice president of baseball operations, and before that the General Manager of the Arizona Diamondbacks.
He is the son of Joe Garagiola, Sr., who played catcher for the St. Louis Cardinals and Pittsburgh Pirates in the late 1940s and early 1950s.
Joe Jr. also appeared on a episode of To Tell the Truth in the 1970s, where he was a impostor in disguise trying to be Detective Richard Buggy and his father was in the panel.
He is an alumnus of the University of Notre Dame and Georgetown University Law Center.
[edit] References
- ^ http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=6193263 ESPN.com news services. "Joe Garagiola Jr. named disciplinarian" ESPN.COM, March 8, 2011
[edit] External links
- Interview with Garagiola on mlb.com in 2007
- Press conference by Garagiola on mlb.com in 2007
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Arizona Diamondbacks General Manager 1997-2005 |
Succeeded by Bob Gebhard (interim) |
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