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William Eckert

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Sports Executive

The Resume

Why he might be annoying:

    His middle name was 'Dole.'
    His nickname was 'Spike.'
    When chosen as commissioner, he hadn't seen a baseball game in over a decade.
    He refused to cancel games after Martin Luther King, Jr. and Robert Kennedy were murdered.
    He awarded Tom Seaver to the New York Mets by drawing out of a hat.
    He was forced to resign after owners weren't confident he could handle a players' strike.

Why he might not be annoying:

    He was the youngest three-star officer in the United States Armed Forces.
    He received the Distinguished Service Medal.
    He earned a master's degree from Harvard.
    He made Major League Baseball more efficient by streamlining their business practices.
    He paved the way for major league baseball teams to hold exhibitions in Japan.

Credit: Hoxy


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Year In Review:

    In 2023, Out of 14 Votes: 42.86% Annoying
    In 2022, Out of 17 Votes: 5.88% Annoying
    In 2021, Out of 17 Votes: 88.24% Annoying
    In 2020, Out of 1 Votes: 0% Annoying
    In 2019, Out of 2 Votes: 100% Annoying
    In 2018, Out of 4 Votes: 100% Annoying
    In 2017, Out of 9 Votes: 44.44% Annoying
    In 2016, Out of 5 Votes: 60.0% Annoying
    In 2015, Out of 4 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2014, Out of 22 Votes: 59.09% Annoying
    In 2013, Out of 11 Votes: 54.55% Annoying
    In 2012, Out of 73 Votes: 53.42% Annoying
    In 2011, Out of 84 Votes: 54.76% Annoying
    In 2010, Out of 16 Votes: 56.25% Annoying
    In 2009, Out of 21 Votes: 38.10% Annoying
    In 2008, Out of 30 Votes: 60.0% Annoying
    In 2007, Out of 61 Votes: 68.85% Annoying
    In 2006, Out of 126 Votes: 47.62% Annoying