|
|
Article: Bad guys might have a friend in Schott.(SPORTS)
- Article from:
- Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN)
- Article date:
- May 10, 1996
- Author:
CopyrightCOPYRIGHT 1996 Star Tribune Co. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)
|
Marge Schott does not have particularly large feet. Still, the Cincinnati Reds' owner continues to show a remarkable capacity for wedging one of them in her gullet. Baseball's resident ninny struck again the other day, saying Adolf Hitler really wasn't that bad a guy at the start, but the Fuhrer eventually got a little out of hand.
If you want to put a sports-in-the-'90s spin on Schott's comment, the headline would be something like this: "Schott: Adolf never got any respect."
Shortly after the ESPN interview that inspired this ludicrous observation, Schott released a statement in which she apologized. As one Cincinnati newspaper columnist remarked, the ...