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Updated at 2:04 p.m., Thursday, May 1, 2008

Baseball: Ex-Dodger executive Bavasi dies

Associated Press

LOS ANGELES — Buzzie Bavasi, who built Dodgers teams that won the World Series in Brooklyn and Los Angeles, died today. He was 93.

His death was announced by the Seattle Mariners, whose general manager is Bill Bavasi, a son of the former Dodgers GM.

Emil Joseph Bavasi's Dodgers teams included future Hall of Famers Jackie Robinson, Duke Snider, Sandy Koufax and Don Drysdale. Bavasi later was part owner and president of the San Diego Padres, then became executive vice president of the California Angels.