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Tom Reich, Sports Agent And Pittsburgh Native, Dies At 82 

LOS ANGELES — Thomas M. Reich, a spearheading baseball specialist with an enthusiastic, curiously large character who assisted players with acquiring multimillion dollar compensations in the early long stretches of free organization, passed on Friday at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles. He was 82. 사설토토

Reich had been determined to have pancreatic malignant growth in December 2019. 

"Tom Reich was among the transcendent player delegates of his time," the Major League Baseball Players Association said in a proclamation. "Players and our association profited with the two his sharp keenness and astute guidance over numerous many years." 

Reich went to the University of Pittsburgh and Duquesne's graduate school, then, at that point turned into a legal counselor in Pittsburgh. He began as a specialist in 1970 addressing pitcher Dock Ellis, who had a $13,000 pay at a time players still were battling to acquire free office. 

Early customers included Dave Parker, John Candelaria and Manny Sanguillen of the Pirates. Among his first stars was Joe Morgan, who turned into a Hall of Famer and stayed a long lasting companion. 

"The prejudice factor in those days was terrible for the players," Reich told the Sports Business Journal in 2004. "There were a ton of episodes in Pittsburgh and different spots that were not sensational. They were genuine. The Hispanic players were beginning to turn into a factor in those days. Obviously, presently the imbuement of numbers and ability is uncommon. However, there were a ton of issues in those days. I was a red hot person." 

With a facial hair growth that he at times developed out, particularly after it became dark, Reich was among the more beautiful figures in baseball and got compelling as pay rates took off after mediator Peter Seitz's choice in December 1975 that prompted free office. 

Reich, Jerry Kapstein and Dick Moss were among the most eminent specialists who drove the free specialist market in its initial years, sought by proprietors and head supervisors who pined for their players. 

"Bring them some iron!" Reich got a kick out of the chance to say, his Pittsburgh highlight completely in plain view. 

In February 1982, he arranged the principal contract with a $2 million normal compensation, George Foster's $10.2 million, five-year manage the New York Mets. Among his different customers were Jack Clark, Sammy Sosa, Mo Vaughn and John Wetteland. 

Reich, more than others, had a pizazz he shown in the eateries and bars where baseball authorities congregated. Bean stew Davis, a customer, gotten down on him while feasting and asked what wines he should arrange. 

Reich dated entertainer Jennifer O'Neill, who after they never again were sincerely elaborate stayed a companion. 

Carrying on with a peripatetic life, Reich kept a New York City loft and a Los Angeles region home, while likewise driving to and fro to Pittsburgh, where he kept ties and more than once returned. He kept various TVs at his homes so he could watch a few of his customers all the while. 

Reich turned into a back channel moderator with individual specialists Randy Hendricks and Ron Shapiro during the 7 1/2-month baseball strike that began in August 1994, talking with proprietors when the relationship with players' affiliation chiefs and Major League Baseball was its generally stressed. 

"All conflict will get is an end of the world that will swallow everyone — including the very proprietors who are attempting to break the association," Reich revealed to The Associated Press. 

He fanned out into hockey, where his most refined customer was Mario Lemieux. 

Reich additionally guided a few youthful specialists who later split and went out all alone, most eminently Adam Katz, Craig Landis and Chuck Berry, and furthermore Rick Shapiro, who turned into a leader with the players' affiliation. 

He is made due by PK Reich, his third spouse; first wife Carole; second wife Judy; little girl Shannon; and sibling Sam. A child, David, kicked the bucket of malignant growth in 2019.