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To: SJSAMPLE
"*" will follow every entry with his name in it.

It should.

But, Bud Selig is no Kennesaw "Mountain" Landis.

101 posted on 05/08/2006 2:52:15 PM PDT by newgeezer (Just my opinion, of course. Your mileage may vary.)
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To: SJSAMPLE

(Oops.) He's no Ford Frick, either. ;O)


122 posted on 05/08/2006 2:58:24 PM PDT by newgeezer (Just my opinion, of course. Your mileage may vary.)
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To: newgeezer

In defense of Selig [an almost impossible task], when Landis was the commissioner, there was no Union, there was a reserve clause, and the owners had given him carte blanche because the Black Sox had tarnished the game to the point that the owners needed a strong commissioner. And there's some evidence that Landis was aware of Ty Cobb and, I believe, Grover Cleveland Alexander fixed a game [or games], but did nothing about it.


186 posted on 05/08/2006 4:28:30 PM PDT by PzLdr ("The Emperor is not as forgiving as I am" - Darth Vader)
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