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Angelo Bartlett “Bart” Giamatti (/ ˌ dʒ iː ə ˈ m ɑː t i / JEE-ə-MAH-tee; April 4, 1938 – September 1, 1989) was an American professor of English Renaissance literature, the president of Yale University, and the seventh Commissioner of Major League Baseball.
Learn about the life and career of A. Bartlett Giamatti, the seventh Commissioner of Baseball and a renowned professor of English and Italian. Find out how he preserved baseball's traditions, values and integrity, and how he handled the Pete Rose gambling scandal.
2 de sept. de 1989 · Giamatti, president of Yale University in 1978-1985 before becoming president of the National League in 1986, was remembered by his Yale successor.
2 de sept. de 1989 · A. Bartlett Giamatti, the Renaissance scholar and former president of Yale University who gave up a brilliant academic career in 1986 to join the rough-and-tumble of big league baseball, died...
6 de mar. de 1983 · A. Bartlett Giamatti was born in Boston on April 4, 1938. He was raised a few blocks from Mount Holyoke College, in Hadley, Mass., where his father, Valentine (Yale, '32) was a professor of ...
GIAMATTI, A(ngelo) Bartlett ("Bart")(b. 4 April 1938 in Boston, Massachusetts; d. 1 September 1989 in Oak Bluffs, Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts), president of Yale University, president of baseball's National League, and commissioner of Major League Baseball for five months before suffering a fatal heart attack; he is recognized by many as ...
Read an interview with the former Yale president and MLB commissioner, who died in 1989 after 154 days in office. He discusses education, baseball, and his love for the game that might break your heart.
