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BiographySports executive and broadcaster. "Kaze was born Sept. 2, 1926, in Worcester, Mass. His family moved to Brooklyn when Kaze was 1 and after his father died six years later, he and his mother moved in with his mother’s parents in Jersey City, N.J. Kaze went to high school in Jersey City and attended New York University. While in college, he worked as a sportswriter for the New York Post. He later moved to Southern California and did publicity for the Hollywood Stars of the Pacific Coast League. He moved up to the parent Pittsburgh Pirates when the Dodgers moved from Brooklyn to L.A. in 1958. With the Pirates, Kaze helped develop the “save” rule in baseball for relief pitchers. He also spent two years with CBS Sports in New York, during which time he helped develop the “checkered” center line for the National Hockey League, which the league still uses. He returned to L.A. as the first public relations director of the Los Angeles (now Anaheim) Angels. When Davis became commissioner of the American Football League in 1966, Kaze joined his staff. After the AFL merged with the National Football League, he became business manager and assistant to the president of the San Diego Chargers for seven years. Other baseball stints included time with the National League as administrator for communications. Among his responsibilities was the development of the league’s centennial program and promotion, which included a CBS-TV film on the league’s 100th year. Turning to basketball, he served as vice president and general manager of the San Diego Clippers during the team’s inaugural years. Kaze returned to New York to be the media relations director for Steinbrenner’s New York Yankees. Kaze rejoined Davis when the Raiders moved to Los Angeles in 1982, and served as the team’s senior administrator for eight years. Kaze had both a Super Bowl ring from his time with the Raiders and a World Series ring from his tenure with the Yankees."--https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2002-jul-01-me-kaze1-story.html
