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A Whole New Franchise: Creating the 1961 Los Angeles Angels in 120 Days

By Roland Hemond, with Jean Hastings Ardell

Roland Hemond has worked in Organized Baseball since 1951, when he was hired by the Hartford Chiefs, the Boston Braves’ farm club (Class A-Eastern League) for a $28.00-a-week entry-level job. Along the way, Hemond has worked as an executive in the front offices of the Boston/Milwaukee Braves, Los Angeles/California Angels, Chicago White Sox (twice), in the Commissioner’s Office, Baltimore Orioles, and the Arizona Diamondbacks (twice). Since 2007 he has been special assistant to the President and CEO of the Diamondbacks. In this article Hemond reflects on a time 50 years . . .

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