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...nature -- a question of governance and power relations rather than the law of supply and demand run amuck. The vacant office of the commissioner of baseball symbolizes the void at the center of the game; the post has remained unfilled since a majority of owners forced the resignation of Fay Vincent last September. Vincent's so-called sins included his prickly independence and his determination to use his powers to act "in the best interests of baseball" and his aborted attempt to limit the freedom of TV superstations, which control the lucrative Chicago Cub and Atlanta Brave franchises...
...MARGE SCHOTT -- IS that a fair baseball trade? The bigots' Mrs. Malaprop begins her year's suspension from the Cincinnati Reds just as Steinbrenner, the sport's most belligerent, beguiling owner, returns to the New York Yankees, 2 1/2 years after he was ousted as managing partner by Fay Vincent, then the commissioner. With Schott you got Schottzie 2, her drooling St. Bernard. But George needs no dog. He can growl at reporters, fetch overpriced free agents and bite the occasional manager. He can do everything but heel...
...Canada! Baseball was on the move in '92 -- toward chaos. The San Francisco Giants tried to move to Florida, then stayed put. Commissioner Fay Vincent tried to move the Chicago Cubs to another division, but instead the owners moved him out of his job. So it was apt that the "national pastime" look elsewhere for its "world champions." Canada's team, the Toronto Blue Jays (with, O.K., a roster of imported players), defeated the Braves in a six- game palpitator of a World Series...
...season's biggest drama, a putsch by owners removed Fay Vincent from the office of commissioner of Major League Baseball. Admittedly, Vincent's personality could have benefited from a few more readings of How to Win Friends and Influence People. Beneath the surface, however, owners wished to emasculate the broad powers of the commissioner's office...
BASEBALL NEEDED A LIFT. THE SEASON HAD BEEN ONE long raspy bore, both on the field (with its dearth of thrilling pennant races) and off (with the resignation of contentious commissioner Fay Vincent). But many middling fans think of baseball as the October game. All might be redeemed if the league- championship series could provide an emotional home...