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...People of letters have always gravitated toward sport. I've always found [baseball] the most satisfying and nourishing of games, outside of literature," Giamatti told The Boston Globe last week...
...Giamatti said his lack of baseball experience would not affect how he performs the duties of his new office. "Anyone who is president of a major university has close contact with organized sports," Giamatti, Yale's president for eight years, said...
...National League president, Giamatti will be responsible for scheduling games, hiring umpires and making their schedules, and ensuring that sales of franchises conform to league regulations...
...current presidents of both leagues said in interviews this week that Giamatti was a quality draft pick...
...seems to me like a very fine choice," said Charles S. ("Chub") Feeney, whom Giamatti will succeed in the fall. "He's highly intelligent and loves baseball," said Feeney, a Dartmouth alumnus who as General Manager of the New York Giants helped orchestrate the team's move to San Fransisco...