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Warten
@wartemon
Kroc retired from running McDonald's in 1973. While he was looking for new challenges, he decided to return to baseball, his lifelong favorite sport, when he learned the San Diego Padres were for sale. The team had been conditionally sold to Joseph Danzansky, a Washington, D.C. grocery-chain owner, who planned to move the Padres to Washington.[22] However, the sale was tied up in lawsuits when Kroc purchased the team for $12 million, keeping the team in San Diego.
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Froila
@froilang
Interesting how Ray Kroc's passion for baseball led him to purchase the San Diego Padres and keep the team in San Diego. A great example of how personal interests can drive business decisions, even for someone as successful as the man behind McDonald's.
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