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In 2021, Ibañez and Michael Hill were named Major League Baseball's senior vice presidents of on-field operations, with responsibility for overseeing umpiring, discipline, and other on-field issues. [65] In 2024, he left that role to return to the Dodgers as vice president of baseball development and special projects. [66]
Baseball made its last Olympic appearance and Korea took the gold medal at the Beijing 2008 Summer Olympics. The IBAF, under President Harvey Schiller, attempted to reinstate baseball onto the Olympic Programme, but the IOC vote of August 2009 kept baseball off the 2016 program, as golf and rugby were selected.
Following the 1999 season, the American and National Leagues were merged with Major League Baseball, and the leagues ceased to exist as business entities. The role of the league president was eliminated. [10] In 2001, Bill Giles, son of Warren Giles, was named honorary president of the NL. [11]
Puerto Rican Baseball began at the end of the 19th century. The first two clubs were founded in 1897: the Almendares Baseball Club owned by Francisco Alamo Armas, and the Borinquen Baseball Club owned by Santos Filippi. [5] According to El País newspaper, the first game was played on January 11, 1898 at the old velodrome in Santurce, San Juan.
Following the 1999 season, the American and National Leagues were merged with Major League Baseball, and the leagues ceased to exist as business entities. The role of the league president was eliminated. Jackie Autry, the widow of former Angels owner Gene Autry served as honorary president of the AL, from 2000 to 2015. [3]
Jimmie Lee Solomon (March 11, 1956 – October 8, 2020) was an American lawyer and baseball executive. He served as the executive vice president of baseball operations in Major League Baseball (MLB) from 2005 to 2010, before going on to serve as the executive vice president for baseball development from 2010 to 2012.
The Rays promoted Bendix to vice president in 2019, [6] and by 2020 his title was vice president of baseball development. [5] Bendix was named general manager of the Rays on December 16, 2021, succeeding Erik Neander , who had been promoted to president of baseball operations.
John McHale, Jr. is a Major League Baseball executive, who works as the league's chief information officer (CIO) and executive vice president of administration. McHale was previously the assistant general manager of the Colorado Rockies in 1993, the president of the Detroit Tigers from 1995 to 2001, and chief operating officer of the Tampa Bay Devil Rays from 2001 to 2002.