Foreword
When Jerry Colangelo first contacted me about the possibility of a Major League Baseball expansion franchise for the Phoenix area in 1993, I was receptive to his ideas. I had spent most spring trainings in Phoenix with the Milwaukee Brewers and had many opportunities to get to know him. I was well aware of his reputation as a dynamic and successful sports entrepreneur, his knowledge and love of sports, and his ability to traverse the sometimes difficult civic and business roadblocks that confront owners of sports franchises. Most important, I knew that Jerry’s first love was baseball. He was a terrific high school pitcher from the south ...
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