I remember this so vividly. TV camera positioned behind the backstop caught the image so clearly. Somehow not surprised by Marge Schott’s reaction. What a miserable excuse for an owner.
Yes, lots of discussion afterward about coverage and re-airing the footage. Looking back thirty years later it was probably not how we'd do it today, but maybe that's just me being hopeful.
I tried to find some empathy for Schott's reaction, her concern about "going against the fans" after the strike, but she made it very hard. This was a very difficult moment to do well in, but she was definitely one of the worst-equipped owners to handle it with anything resembling grace.
From what I’ve heard of her on NY news stations she wasn’t exactly deserving of a ‘Mother of the Year’ award. I guess the one good thing about her was that she was a dog lover. Other than that she was a rotten human like so many are who have so much money they don’t know what to do with it.
His passing might’ve been avoided if he had not cancelled his appointment but hindsight is 20/20.
May he rest in peace. Hopefully other lives might’ve been saved by anyone else seeing how serious it can get.
Schott did love dogs and elephants, and she was apparently pretty nice to children--she did not have any children herself. Schott was a terrible owner and a person in many other respects but I tried not to get too lost in that with this one. It was a moment a lot of people struggled with, and she was one of them.
McSherry's death did lead MLB to stricter physical requirements for umpires, but life is complex and unpredictable, isn't it. Another one of the umpires often criticized for being too heavy, Bruce Froemming, died just two months ago.
I remember this so vividly. TV camera positioned behind the backstop caught the image so clearly. Somehow not surprised by Marge Schott’s reaction. What a miserable excuse for an owner.
Yes, lots of discussion afterward about coverage and re-airing the footage. Looking back thirty years later it was probably not how we'd do it today, but maybe that's just me being hopeful.
I tried to find some empathy for Schott's reaction, her concern about "going against the fans" after the strike, but she made it very hard. This was a very difficult moment to do well in, but she was definitely one of the worst-equipped owners to handle it with anything resembling grace.
From what I’ve heard of her on NY news stations she wasn’t exactly deserving of a ‘Mother of the Year’ award. I guess the one good thing about her was that she was a dog lover. Other than that she was a rotten human like so many are who have so much money they don’t know what to do with it.
His passing might’ve been avoided if he had not cancelled his appointment but hindsight is 20/20.
May he rest in peace. Hopefully other lives might’ve been saved by anyone else seeing how serious it can get.
She gets 2 thumbs up… she loved elephants too!
Good story Paul.
Schott did love dogs and elephants, and she was apparently pretty nice to children--she did not have any children herself. Schott was a terrible owner and a person in many other respects but I tried not to get too lost in that with this one. It was a moment a lot of people struggled with, and she was one of them.
McSherry's death did lead MLB to stricter physical requirements for umpires, but life is complex and unpredictable, isn't it. Another one of the umpires often criticized for being too heavy, Bruce Froemming, died just two months ago.
A compelling story, Paul. I don’t remember it, but I had moved past my baseball-crazed prime by then.