A great example of how loosey-goosey baseball plays it with rules and their enforcement. The first commissioner was a former judge. After that the lines got blurry very quickly.
St. Louis Browns manager Von der Ahe certainly had a high opinion of himself, with that statue! Reminds me of someone in DC who likes to see his name in gold on everything! Lol! Paul, I enjoyed this post immensely! As an aside, I would like to refer back to your beanball series. I thought how far the technology in helmet material has advanced when I saw Yaz get beaned in the 9th inning yesterday and was fine to stay in the game and run the bases!
Thanks Meg! I myself recently thought about those beanball stories when I saw a player who opted not to use a face-guard just grazed on the cheek by an errant throw. I believe he ended up being okay but the fact that we still have players opting out of a face-guard just shows how people are the same in every era--in 1941 he would have been the guy insisting on wearing a soft cap to the plate. Glad Yaz was okay--modern helmets are a wonder of engineering.
Managing an MLB team is a sobering experience. . .even for a billionaire. Good piece, Paul.
Just goes to show ‘ya how much corruption is in the world & that includes baseball & judges (not Yankees #99).
Somewhere I seem to remember a National League owner of a club who was also Commissioner of MLB I think.
If this is in fact true… there exists no ‘conflict of interest’?
I hope I’m wrong as this is clearly out of the question illegal in my view.
A great example of how loosey-goosey baseball plays it with rules and their enforcement. The first commissioner was a former judge. After that the lines got blurry very quickly.
St. Louis Browns manager Von der Ahe certainly had a high opinion of himself, with that statue! Reminds me of someone in DC who likes to see his name in gold on everything! Lol! Paul, I enjoyed this post immensely! As an aside, I would like to refer back to your beanball series. I thought how far the technology in helmet material has advanced when I saw Yaz get beaned in the 9th inning yesterday and was fine to stay in the game and run the bases!
Thanks Meg! I myself recently thought about those beanball stories when I saw a player who opted not to use a face-guard just grazed on the cheek by an errant throw. I believe he ended up being okay but the fact that we still have players opting out of a face-guard just shows how people are the same in every era--in 1941 he would have been the guy insisting on wearing a soft cap to the plate. Glad Yaz was okay--modern helmets are a wonder of engineering.