Baseball is protected by congress as a legal monopoly. The way the ownership agreements work is that the Commissioner does indeed have the right to censor the owners. Marge Schott, according to the first amendment, had the right to make racial slurs, but the commissioner censored her to the best of his ability, to the extent that she has to sell her controlling share of the Reds. She is still on the board, but Lindner now controls the Reds. And as for Petey boy, money talks. When the credit card company sponsored the voting for the Team of the Century, or something like that, Pete was voted on. Baseball cowtowed to the money being spent the credit card company to allow Pete in the stadium, on the field, in a uniform. -w