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He was the nephew of Clark Griffith , who raised Calvin from the age of 11. After Calvin's father died a year later, Clark adopted the boy. The senior Griffith owned the Washington Senators from 1920 until his death in 1955 ; upon his death, the team passed into the hands of Calvin, who had worked up through a variety of positions with the team, starting as a batboy. Under Calvin Griffith's ownership, the Senators moved to Minneapolis-St. Paul, Minnesota in 1961 , and were renamed the Minnesota Twins. Famous for his sayings, one of his most infamous landed him in trouble in 1978 , drawing charges of racism. In 1984, buffeted by the changes in baseball brought about by free agency, Griffith sold the Twins to Minneapolis banker Carl Pohlad ; Griffith wept at the signing ceremony. EXTERNAL LINKS
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