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...plagued by allegations that he had maintained close ties with mobsters while he was a construction executive in New Jersey. A special prosecutor investigated him twice and concluded each time that there was "insufficient credible evidence" to indict Donovan for anything. Nonetheless, in 1984 Bronx District Attorney Mario Merola persuaded a grand jury to indict Donovan and the other defendants on charges of larceny and fraud in connection with a subway-tunnel deal. The next year, after a judge refused to dismiss the indictment, Donovan felt obliged to resign. Small wonder, then, that after his acquittal Donovan, rigid and pale...
Donovan's onetime boss, Ronald Reagan, contented himself with a perfunctory announcement: "I have always known Ray Donovan as a man of integrity, and I am happy to see this verdict." But several newspapers once critical of Donovan turned on Merola for bringing an unsupportable indictment. Said the New York Daily News: "Donovan's entitled to his clean sheet -- and a lot of anger. Mario Merola deserves his black...
Seaver was not available for comment, and Merola said the pitcher is declining all requests for interviews...
Like other Class A free agents who didn't sign with another team, Seaver would have been eligible to rejoin the Red Sox May 1. But Merola said that question appeared moot...
...made it clear he wants to play in New York or Boston and I don't think that's going to happen," Merola said of Seaver, who lives in Greenwich, Conn...