Editing Ted Turner (section)

=== Atlanta Braves ===
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|position=[[Manager (baseball)|Manager]]
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|birth_place= [[Cincinnati, Ohio]], U.S.
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|debutyear=1977
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For most of his first decade as owner of the Braves, Turner was a very hands-on owner. This peaked in 1977, his second year as owner.{{citation needed|date=October 2022}}

Turner was suspended for one year by [[Commissioner of Baseball]] [[Bowie Kuhn]] on January 3, 1977, for his actions while pursuing the signing of free agent outfielder [[Gary Matthews]] from the [[San Francisco Giants]].  Matthews signed a five-year, $1.875 million contract with the Braves on November 18, 1976.  Kuhn's actions stemmed from remarks made by Turner to then-Giants owner [[Bob Lurie]] during the [[1976 World Series]].  In addition, the Braves were also stripped of their first-round selections in the June 1978 draft of high school and college players.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1977/01/03/archives/kuhn-suspends-turner-braves-owner-for-year-in-matthews-case-turner.html |last=Chass |first=Murray |title=Kuhn Suspends Turner, Braves' Owner, for Year in Matthews Case |work=The New York Times |date=January 3, 1977}}</ref>  Turner, however, successfully appealed the suspension and Kuhn relented and reinstated the draft selections, one of which would turn out to be [[Bob Horner]] from [[Arizona State University]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.80sbaseball.com/tag/gary-matthews/ |title=Horner vs. Turner |website=80sbaseball.com |access-date=September 1, 2021 }}</ref>

On May 11, 1977, with the team mired in a 16-game losing streak, Turner sent manager [[Dave Bristol]] on a 10-day "scouting trip" and Turner himself took over as interim manager – the first owner/manager in the majors since [[Connie Mack]]. He ran the team for one game (a loss to the [[Pittsburgh Pirates]])<ref>{{cite web|title=Ted Turner Managerial Record|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/managers/turnete99.shtml|website=Baseball Reference|access-date=May 17, 2019}}</ref> before [[National League (baseball)|National League]] president [[Chub Feeney]] ordered him to stop running the team. Feeney cited major league rules which bar managers and players from owning stock in their clubs. Turner appealed to [[Commissioner of Baseball]] [[Bowie Kuhn]], and showed up to manage the Braves when they returned home. However, Kuhn turned down the appeal, citing Turner's "lack of familiarity with game operations."<ref>{{cite magazine |last=Hannon |first=Kent |url=http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/article/magazine/MAG1092438/index.htm |title=Benched from the Bench |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130615165546/http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/article/magazine/MAG1092438/index.htm |archive-date=June 15, 2013 |magazine=[[Sports Illustrated]] |date=May 23, 1977}}</ref>

In the mid-1980s Turner began leaving day-to-day operations to the baseball operations staff, and the team (still under Turner's ownership) won the [[1995 World Series]].

The Atlanta Braves were sold by Time Warner (which had assumed control after the merger with Turner Broadcasting System) to Liberty Media in 2007.<ref>{{cite web|title=Braves sale is approved|url=http://m.mlb.com/news/article/1968024/|website=Major League Baseball|access-date=June 12, 2017|archive-date=August 18, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170818173225/http://m.mlb.com/news/article/1968024//|url-status=dead}}</ref>