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MLB approves Mariners’ ownership change
- Updated: August 18, 2016
ANAHEIM — Major League Baseball owners voted Thursday to approve the sale of the Mariners’ controlling interests from Nintendo of America to a group of minority owners led by longtime Seattle businessman John Stanton.
The expected approval came at the MLB Owners Meetings in Houston, and the official transfer will be completed once paperwork is finished, which could come as early as Friday.
Stanton, 60, will replace Howard Lincoln as the Mariners’ chairman and CEO. He is regarded as a pioneer in the wireless industry and is the former chairman of McCaw Cellular …
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