RICK BAY (Executive Vice-President and Chief Operating Officer)
"Rick Bay, appointed as Executive Vice-President and Chief Operating Officer shortly before the start of the 1988 season, has a distinguished career in sports administration.
Before joining the Yankees, he served as Athletic Director of Ohio State University from 1984 through 1987, where he supervised one of the nation's largest and most comprehensive athletic programs covering 30 intercollegiate and more than 800 student-athletes. During his tenure at Ohio State he was responsible for a $20 million budget and instituted new marketing and promotional concepts that nearly tripled the department's fundraising revenues. He was also instrumental in the construction and modernization of University athletic facilities and implemented an innovative drug education and testing program for Ohio State athletes.
Prior to his tenure at Ohio State, he was the Athletic Director at the University of Oregon from 1981 to 1984 and served in executive capacities with the University of Michigan Alumni Association from 1974 through 1978. A former wrestling coach at Michigan, he was named NCAA Coach of the Year in 1974, when he led the Wolverines to a second place in the NCAA tournament.
Bay received his B.A. degree from Michigan, where he was one of the country's top intercollegiate wrestlers and a member of the football and freshman baseball teams after an outstanding high school career in all three sports. Bay, 45, is a native of Waukegan, Illinois, and he and his wife Denice resided in Columbus, Ohio before joining the Yankees."
-1988 New York Yankees Information Guide
WILLIAM F. DOWLING (Vice-President and General Counsel)
"Bill Dowling, Vice-President and General Counsel of the Yankees, is beginning his third season with the club, with expanded duties in handling many of the club's day-to-day activities in addition to his responsibility for overseeing the team's legal matters. He played a large role in the negotiations resulting in the memorandum of agreement between the Yankees and the City and the State of New York that extended the team's lease at Yankee Stadium for 30 years, and he has supervised the Yankees' growth in such areas as television, radio, marketing and merchandising.
Dowling joined the Yankees from the New York State Attorney General's Office, where he spent six and a half years as Deputy Chief Assistant Attorney General. He formerly served as an Assistant District Attorney in Manhattan.
Dowling, a native of Holyoke, Massachusetts, received his J.D. degree from Boston College Law School and his B.A. degree from Columbia University."
-1988 New York Yankees Information Guide
LOU PINIELLA (Vice-President and General Manager)
"Lou Piniella was elevated to his position as Vice-President and General Manager of the Yankees on October 19, 1987 after serving as the club's manager the past two seasons. In 1986, his first season as manager, he guided the Yankees to a 90-72 record (the fifth best mark in the major leagues) and a second place finish in the American League's Eastern Division. Last year, he had the club in first place for most of the season until injuries forced a fourth place finish with an 89-73 record. Overall in his two seasons as manager he posted a winning percentage of .552 (179-145).
One of the most popular Yankees during his playing career, he was recognized as a consistent and professional hitter. His .295 lifetime batting average with the Yankees ranks him 11th among the team's all-time leaders, and he was always an excellent postseason performer. He led all Yankee hitters with a .438 average in the 1981 World Series, when he extended his personal Series hitting streak to nine consecutive games.
Before joining the Yankees, he spent five years with the Kansas City Royals, winning the American League Rookie of the Year award in 1969 and earning a selection to the AL All-Star team in 1972. He retired from the Yankees on June 17, 1984 and was named a Yankee coach, a position he held until he was named as Yankee manager on October 17, 1985. He was also honored by the Yankees with Lou Piniella Day on August 5, 1984.
In his short tenure as Yankee General Manager, Piniella, 44, already has been involved in a number of acquisitions, such as the signings of Jack Clark and John Candelaria and the trades for Don Slaught, Rafael Santana and Richard Dotson, that have significantly improved the ballclub. In addition, he has played an important role in salary and contract negotiations as well as many of the club's other business interests while continuing to provide his expertise in such baseball related areas as player evaluation, acquisition and development.
A native of Tampa, Piniella, his wife Anita and their three children reside in Allendale, New Jersey."
-1988 New York Yankees Information Guide
BOB QUINN (Vice-President of Baseball Administration)
"Bob Quinn, Yankee Vice-President of Baseball Administration, is beginning his second full season with the team, with expanded contract negotiation and organizational responsibilities. He joined the club on September 22, 1986 as Assistant Vice-President and was named to his current position on October 10 of that year.
Before joining the Yankees, he spent 12 years with the Cleveland Indians, beginning in 1973 as Director of Scouting and Minor League Operations and eventually assumed the responsibility of Vice-President of Player Development and Scouting.
Quinn, 51, has an extensive baseball background, beginning with his tenure as General Manager of the Eau Claire club of the Northern League (1959-60). After a stint in private business, he returned to baseball as GM of the Reading (PA) Phillies of the AA Eastern League (1967-68), where he was named the 1967 Minor League Executive of the Year. He served as GM of the AAA Omaha Royals of the American Association (1969-70), where he was again named Executive of the Year, in 1969. He moved up to the major leagues as Director of Minor League Operations for the Milwaukee Brewers (1971-72) before joining the Indians.
Quinn comes a legendary baseball family; his grandfather J.A. Quinn was general manager of four major league clubs, his father John was GM of the Boston Braves for 23 years and the Philadelphia Phillies for 13 years, and his brother Jack is President of the National Hockey League St. Louis Blues."
-1988 New York Yankees Information Guide
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