Arlington (TX) mayor who stole Senators is dead

[Gleason2]

Tom Vandergriff dies at 84

Associated Press

DALLAS -- Tom Vandergriff, the former Dallas-area mayor who lured the Texas Rangers out of Washington nearly 40 years ago, died Thursday. He was 84.

The former Arlington mayor's son, Victor Vandergriff, said his father died of natural causes at a Fort Worth hospital. Tom Vandergriff had Alzheimer's disease in recent years.

Vandergriff brought the Rangers to the city halfway between Dallas and Fort Worth in 1972. It took the Rangers almost 25 years to reach the playoffs, and another 14 to win a postseason series.

Here's a link to the full article/obituary:
http://sports.espn.go.com/dallas/mlb/news/story?id=5971869

[spidernat]

No one stole anything. The Senators were taken there by their owner the same way other teams have been relocated at other times.

[Gleason2]

Dude, you take things way too literally.

[dcsprtsfn75]

I wonder if this guy was hated as much as Bob Short.

[Gleason2]

I doubt that most people in DC even know/knew who he was.