Following the organization's first World Championship in 1980, the Carpenter family, with R. R. M. (Ruly) Carpenter III as president, made a difficult decision. As spring training in 1981 was about to ...
“We were basically told,” Larry Bowa recalled a few years ago. “Ruly Carpenter, probably the best owner I ever played for, he said, ‘We’ve got to win this year, or I’ve got to start ...