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Even before the owners ousted Fay Vincent as baseball commissioner in September 1992, they had long been prepping for a beanball war with the players. Milwaukee Brewers owner Bud Selig -- who has turned the title "interim commissioner" into a seemingly lifetime appointment -- makes no secret of keeping the commissioner's job vacant to prevent an outsider from trying to impose labor peace. As their negotiator, the owners selected former New York City transit czar and failed mayoral candidate Richard Ravitch (he received 2% of the vote in the 1989 Democratic primary). The self-confident Ravitch believed he could pull...
...Selig did say, however, that baseball, "needs anew economic system to survive...
...Selig said that, just as baseball executivesare excited about the new NL president, fans havereason to be excited for the 1994 baseball season...
...Selig, who was contacted yesterday in Arizona,said Coleman has been a pioneer during the pasttwo years in taking baseball to minoritycommunities and in getting baseball involved incharity...
...Selig would not speculate on whether theplayers would agree, but he assures fans, "therewill be no lockout this year...