Editing Danny Kaye (section)

===Baseball===
A lifelong [[Los Angeles Dodgers|Dodgers]] fan, Kaye recorded a song called "D-O-D-G-E-R-S (Oh, Really? No, O'Malley!)", describing a fictitious encounter with the San Francisco Giants, a hit during the real-life pennant chase of 1962.<ref>[https://www.baseball-almanac.com/poetry/dodgers.shtml "D-O-D-G-E-R-S (Oh, Really? No, O'Malley)"] at [[Baseball Almanac]]</ref> That song is included on ''[[Baseball's Greatest Hits]]'' compact discs. A good friend of [[Leo Durocher]]'s, he often traveled with the team.<ref name=Time/> He also possessed an encyclopedic knowledge of the game and was an accomplished second baseman.<ref name="Star">{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=A-EyAAAAIBAJ&pg=3090,1636996 |title=Danny Kaye, comedian who loved children, dead at 74| agency= Associated Press |date=March 4, 1987 |newspaper=[[Wilmington Morning Star]] |access-date=December 15, 2010}}</ref>

Kaye and his business partner Lester Smith also led an investment group, which was awarded the American League's 13th franchise, which became the [[Seattle Mariners]] for US$6.2 million on February 7, 1976.<ref>{{cite news| url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=BDZVAAAAIBAJ&pg=3564,1956170| title=Major League Baseball Returns To Seattle| date=February 9, 1976| newspaper=[[The Leader-Post]]| access-date=January 15, 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite news| url=http://www.seattlepi.com/news/article/You-Could-Look-It-Up-The-first-time-1110764.php| title=You Could Look It Up: The first time...| newspaper=[[Seattle Post-Intelligencer]]| date=March 27, 2003| access-date=October 18, 2023}}</ref> The ownership percentages of Kaye, Smith, and two other remaining original investors were reduced to 5% each when [[George Argyros]] purchased 80% of the Mariners for $10.4 million on January 30, 1981.<ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.nytimes.com/1981/01/30/sports/al-owners-approve-2-sales.html| title=A.L. Owners Approve 2 Sales| agency=Associated Press| date=January 30, 1981| newspaper=[[The New York Times]]| access-date=October 17, 2023}}</ref> Kaye sold all of his business interests to Smith's family in 1985.<ref name="kayesmith">{{cite web| url=https://www.kayesmith.com/about-us/history/| title=History and Overview| website=KayeSmith| date=July 28, 2023| access-date=October 17, 2023}}</ref>