Photo: Courtesy of Bob & Deb Michaels

Gabe Paul began his 60 year career in baseball with the Rochester Red Wings as a shoe shine boy in the visiting team's clubhouse. By age 11 he had been promoted to bat boy. In 1936, when Warren Giles became general manager of the Cincinnati Reds, he appointed Paul to the position of traveling secretary. When Giles left the Reds in 1951 to become the National League president, Paul was named the Reds' vice president and general manager. He held this position until 1960.

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