Steve Garvey

Steven Patrick Garvey (born December 22, 1948) is a former Major League Baseball first baseman, and current Southern California businessman.

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December 22 - 1948 - Major League Baseball - First baseman - Southern California - Businessman

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Born in Tampa, Florida, Garvey played his entire career in the National League West for two teams; the Los Angeles Dodgers (1969-82) and the San Diego Padres (1983-87). He batted right and threw right. In a 19-year career, Garvey was a .294 hitter with 272 home runs and 1308 RBI in 2332 games played.

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Tampa, Florida - National League West - Los Angeles Dodgers - San Diego Padres - Home run - RBI - Games played

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Since 1988 he has been running Garvey Communications, mainly involved in television production, including infomercials. He is also the host of "Baseball's Greatest Games." In addition he is hired out to do motivational speaking, mainly for corporations.

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1988 - Television - Production - Infomercials - Motivational speaking - Corporation

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Garvey has also been in the news for some controversial issues. He and his wife, Cyndy, went through a bitter and public divorce. Several women have claimed that he fathered children out-of-wedlock with them. He sued the Major League Baseball Players Association regarding his dismissal from the Padres. He was involved in a multi-year lawsuit brought by the Federal Trade Commission and the Justice Department over weight-loss ads, against Garvey and one of his companies, Enforma Natural Products. He appeared as the spokesperson in the 30-minute infomercials trying to tell consumers that "Fat Trapper" and "Exercise In A Bottle" stating: ""With Enforma you can eat what you want and never, ever, ever, ever have to diet again...". Although Garvey was found personally not liable, the legal battles dragged on for five-years, causing harm to his reputation.

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Federal Trade Commission - Justice Department

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