Mr. Carpenter sold the team — which is now valued at more than $2 billion — for $32.5 million in 1981 to a group of investors led by Bill Giles.
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Mr. Carpenter sold the team — which is now valued at more than $2 billion — for $32.5 million in 1981 to a group of investors led by Bill Giles.