{"id":842,"date":"2021-05-05T23:23:47","date_gmt":"2021-05-05T23:23:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/baseballhalloffame.ca\/?post_type=hall-of-famer&#038;p=842"},"modified":"2022-01-31T18:10:36","modified_gmt":"2022-01-31T18:10:36","slug":"calvin-griffith","status":"publish","type":"hall-of-famer","link":"https:\/\/baseballhalloffame.ca\/fr\/hall-of-famer\/calvin-griffith\/","title":{"rendered":"Calvin Griffith"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\u00ab De recevoir cette reconnaissance dix ans apr\u00e8s sa mort est un v\u00e9ritable honneur, a avou\u00e9 son fils, Clark Griffith, depuis son domicile de Minneapolis.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u00ab C\u2019est une nouvelle fantastique et nous sommes tous fiers de voir que son h\u00e9ritage demeure aussi pr\u00e9sent et le sera pour longtemps \u00e0 St. Marys. \u00bb<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>N\u00e9 Calvin Robertson le 1er d\u00e9cembre 1911 \u00e0 Montr\u00e9al au Qu\u00e9bec, le fr\u00e8re de Sherry Robertson, \u00e9galement membre du Temple, il \u00e9tait le neveu de Clark Griffith, un ancien joueur des Majeures et propri\u00e9taire des Senators de Washington. La famille de Calvin vivait dans la pauvret\u00e9 et lorsque son p\u00e8re, Jimmy Robertson, est d\u00e9c\u00e9d\u00e9, c\u2019est Clark Griffith qui a pris soin de lui. Il l\u2019a ensuite adopt\u00e9 en 1924. Le jeune homme est devenu un v\u00e9ritable partisan de baseball sous la tutelle de son oncle. On dit qu\u2019il a pass\u00e9 des centaines d\u2019heures dans la salle familiale \u00e0 imaginer l\u2019ordre des frappeurs et des transactions afin d\u2019am\u00e9liorer l\u2019\u00e9quipe. Calvin a jou\u00e9 au baseball et au basketball \u00e0 l\u2019Acad\u00e9mie militaire de Staunton de 1928 \u00e0 1933 et ensuite le baseball \u00e0 l\u2019Universit\u00e9 George Washington d\u00e8s 1933. Il a par la suite g\u00e9r\u00e9 les \u00e9quipes des ligues mineures \u00e0 Chattanooga et Charlotte de 1937 \u00e0 1941 avant d\u2019occuper diverses fonctions au sein de l\u2019organisation, de tr\u00e9sorier \u00e0 vice-pr\u00e9sident. D\u00e8s le d\u00e9but des ann\u00e9es 50, il g\u00e9rait quotidiennement les op\u00e9rations des Senators et il en est devenu le propri\u00e9taire \u00e0 la mort de son p\u00e8re adoptif en 1955.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Calvin Griffith a ensuite orchestr\u00e9 le d\u00e9m\u00e9nagement de l\u2019\u00e9quipe vers Minneapolis en 1961, o\u00f9 il a \u00e9t\u00e9 pr\u00e9sident et propri\u00e9taire des Twins au cours des 24 ann\u00e9es suivantes. Sous son r\u00e8gne, l\u2019\u00e9quipe a gagn\u00e9 trois championnats de la division ouest de l\u2019Am\u00e9ricaine (1965, 1969 et 1970) et un championnat de la Ligue am\u00e9ricaine (1965). Griffith a accueilli le match des \u00e9toiles en 1965 et, cette m\u00eame ann\u00e9e, a \u00e9t\u00e9 nomm\u00e9 le dirigeant de l\u2019ann\u00e9e. Il a \u00e9t\u00e9 intronis\u00e9 au Temple de la renomm\u00e9e des Twins en 2000 et l\u2019organisation a nomm\u00e9 le troph\u00e9e remis au joueur par excellence de l\u2019\u00e9quipe en son nom. Le Canadien Justin Morneau a d\u2019ailleurs re\u00e7u ce prix en 2006 et en 2008. Auparavant, au Metrodome Hubert H. Humphrey, une rang\u00e9e de si\u00e8ges s\u2019appelle \u00ab Calvin\u2019s Seats \u00bb et \u00e9taient destin\u00e9s aux enfants d\u00e9favoris\u00e9s lors des matchs locaux de l\u2019\u00e9quipe.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Lorsque Carl Pohlad a achet\u00e9 les Twins en 1984 pour 38 millions $, Griffith a \u00e9clat\u00e9 en sanglots lors de la signature de l\u2019entente. Il est demeur\u00e9 au Minnesota et a continu\u00e9 d\u2019assister aux matchs des Twins o\u00f9 il \u00e9tait d\u2019ailleurs per\u00e7u comme une ic\u00f4ne sur la sc\u00e8ne sportive locale.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Les deux Griffith, Calvin et son p\u00e8re, \u00e9taient reconnus pour leurs expressions originales.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Clark, intronis\u00e9 au Temple de la renomm\u00e9e \u00e0 Cooperstown, a d\u00e9j\u00e0 dit : \u00ab Nos fans aiment les coups de circuits et nous avons r\u00e9unis un personnel de lanceurs qui leur plairont! \u00bb<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Alors qu\u2019il offrait au jeune Billy Martin son premier emploi de g\u00e9rant, Calvin a dit : \u00ab Il est soit le meilleur g\u00e9rant de tout le baseball, soit le pire. \u00bb<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Son sens de l\u2019humour \u00e9tait cependant absent lors des n\u00e9gociations de contrats avec les joueurs. Les agents \u00e9taient quasi inexistants \u00e0 l\u2019\u00e9poque et les joueurs discutaient contrat directement avec Griffith. Le lanceur Bert Blyleven raconte cette anecdote :<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u00ab Tu te pr\u00e9sentais dans son bureau et il \u00e9tait assis sur une grande chaise, haute, derri\u00e8re un grand bureau, haut lui aussi, et toi tu \u00e9tais assis sur un divan qui renfon\u00e7ait ce qui donnait l\u2019impression d\u2019avoir \u00e0 regarder dix pieds dans les airs pour discuter avec lui. Il disait alors quel salaire tu allais faire l\u2019ann\u00e9e suivante, parce qu\u2019il croyait que c\u2019est ce que tu valais et c\u2019est tout. \u00bb<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Griffith est d\u00e9c\u00e9d\u00e9 le 20 octobre 1999 \u00e0 Melbourne, en Floride. 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