Since the day she became the principal owner of the Cincinnati Reds, Marge Schott was a woman surrounded by controversy. Allegations of her racist and anti-Semitic remarks made front-page headlines across the country. Mike Bass, the winner of a prestigious Associated Press Sports Editors Award for his series of articles on racism in sports, looks at the woman formerly behind the Reds and examines the allegations that resulted in her suspension from baseball for a year.
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Since the day she became the principal owner of the Cincinnati Reds, Marge Schott was a woman surrounded by controversy. Allegations of her racist and anti-Semitic remarks made front-page headlines across the country. Mike Bass, the winner of a prestigious Associated Press Sports Editors Award for his series of articles on racism in sports, looks at the woman formerly behind the Reds and examines the allegations that resulted in her suspension from baseball for a year.
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Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dw. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered.; 309 pages; Description: p. 309. Subjects: Marge Schotts-Cincinatti Reds owner-Major League Baseball. Impressively illustrated with a series of photo-plates.
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Michelle R. Dressen (Jacket design) Very good in Very good jacket. x, 309, [1] pages. Illustrations. Includes information from a deposition. DJ has slight wear and soiling. Since the day she became the principal owner of the Cincinnati Reds, Marge Schott has been a woman surrounded by controversy. Allegations of her racist and anti-Semitic remarks made front-page headlines across the country. Mike Bass, the winner of the Associated Press Sports Editors Award for his series of articles on racism in sports, looks at the woman behind the Reds. This book corroborates the general perception of Schott as a boorish liar, employee-basher, and cheapskate. In short, she fits in with a long line of similar baseball owners like George Steinbrenner and Charley Finley. Schott is also accused of having an alcohol problem, but again, that's not unusual in the world of baseball. The meat of the story and the reason for her suspension is her well-established propensity for racial and ethnic slurs (even extending to her own employees), and her supposed discriminatory hiring practices, a charge that is harder to prove. Bass, a longtime Cincinnati sportswriter, employs a breathless, journalistic style in detailing Schott's background. Of interest to sports collections for its topical look at racism in sports. Margaret Carolyn Unnewehr Schott (August 18, 1928-March 2, 2004) was the managing general partner, president and CEO of Major League Baseball's Cincinnati Reds franchise from 1984 to 1999. She was the third woman to own a North American major-league team without inheriting it (the first being New York Mets founder Joan Whitney Payson), and the second woman to buy an existing team rather than inheriting it. She is perhaps most well known for her controversial behavior during her tenure as owner of the Reds, which included slurs towards African-Americans, Jews, and persons of Japanese ancestry. She was banned from managing the team by the MLB from 1996 through 1998 due to statements in support of German domestic policies of Nazi party leader Adolf Hitler; shortly afterwards, she sold the majority of her share in the team. In 1981, Schott bought a minority interest in the Reds as part of a group headed by insurance magnates William and James Williams. On December 21, 1984, she purchased a controlling interest for a reported $11M, making her managing general partner, and becoming the first woman to buy an MLB team. In 1985, she was named president and CEO of the club. Five years later, the Reds won the World Series, when they swept the Oakland Athletics. Schott quickly became one of baseball's most publicly visible owners. The Reds had long been a family-oriented franchise, and fans praised her efforts to keep ticket and concession prices low. For instance, she kept the price of the basic hot dog at one dollar, and kept box seats around $12-the cheapest in baseball. Unlike most owners, she sat in a regular box seat at Riverfront Stadium, and often signed autographs. On May 5, 1996, Schott aroused ire when she made statements favorable of Adolf Hitler, saying he "was good in the beginning, but went too far." MLB again banned Schott from day-to-day operations through 1998. Later in the month, Schott was quoted in Sports Illustrated as speaking in a "cartoonish Japanese accent" while describing her meeting with the prime minister of Japan. [3] Further, she said that she did not like Asian American kids "outdoing our kids" in high school. On April 20, 1999, Schott agreed to sell her controlling interest in the Reds for $67 million to a group led by Cincinnati businessman Carl Lindner. At the time she was facing a third suspension, failing health and an expiring ownership agreement with her limited partners, who planned to oust her. Schott remained as a minority partner.
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