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Article: Roger Maris's Family Speaks Out Against Anheuser-Busch.
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- PR Newswire
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- March 12, 2001
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STUART, Fla., March 12 /PRNewswire/ --
Home run hero, Roger Maris, is one of the greatest athletes of all time, but now, 15 years after his death, Maris's family is having to go to bat against the corporate giant, Anheuser-Busch (NYSE: BUD). The multi-billion-dollar-a-year beer company, which owned the St. Louis Cardinals Baseball Club, gave Roger Maris the Gainesville, Florida and Ocala, Florida exclusive Anheuser-Busch distributing rights in 1968 as part of an agreement with the ball club. That same year Maris led the Cardinals to the World Series. The baseball legend died in 1985 and now his sons, brother, and other family members say Anheuser-Busch conspired ...