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Hace 2 días · In January 1980, the Payson heirs sold the Mets franchise to the Doubleday publishing company for $21.1 million, a record amount at that time. Nelson Doubleday, Jr. was named chairman of the board while minority shareholder Fred Wilpon took the role of club president.
Hace 4 días · Joan Whitney Payson was the first woman to buy (rather than inheriting) a controlling interest in a major American sports franchise. The team, one of the first expansion teams in baseball, was founded in 1962, and won the World Series in 1969.
Hace 3 días · The Charles Shipman Payson Building is the most recent expansion of the Portland Museum of Art (PMA) in Portland, Maine, located on the corner of High Street and Congress Square.
Hace 3 días · After one season playing baseball at Texas A&M University, Johnson signed with the Baltimore Orioles as an amateur free agent in 1962.Johnson was then assigned to the Stockton Ports in the Class C California League where he hit .309 with 10 home runs and 63 runs batted in in 97 games. Promoted to the AA Elmira Pioneers in 1963, Johnson hit .326 in 63 games before advancing to the AAA Rochester ...
Hace 5 días · Joan Font i Torrent. Soy el vicepresidente de la Acadèmia Catalana de Gastronomia i Nutrició, abogado, patrón de la Fundación Vila Casas y miembro de la Associació de Bibliòfils de Barcelona.
Hace 5 días · For 25 years, the case of John/Joan was called a medical triumph — proof that a child's gender identity could be changed — and thousands of "sex reassignments" were performed based on this example. But the case was a failure, the truth never reported.
Hace 3 días · The town of Payson, established in the early 1880s, has contributed to Arizona history in multiple ways, including being located near the well-known Pleasant Valley War waged from 1887 to 1892.
