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Article: Umpires' call: Keep working Baseball promises summit aimed at better conduct
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- The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (Milwaukee, WI)
- Article date:
- October 5, 1996
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Having succeeded in keeping umpires on the job for the remainder
of the 1996 post-season, acting commissioner Bud Selig said Friday
that baseball could not afford another conflict like the Roberto
Alomar incident.
With that in mind, Selig announced that a summit meeting would be
held Nov. 14 in Phoenix to establish codes of conduct between players
and umpires, as well as subsequent penalties.
"I have asked all the parties to convene to discuss the problems
that currently exist in the game and to give everyone the opportunity
to clear the air," Selig said.
"We must arrive at solutions so that we never again face the kind
of conflict that has arisen over the Roberto Alomar incident. This ...