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BAD JOB, BASEBALL
Jill Lieber
October 08, 1990
Even as they gave the boot to Yankee owner George Steinbrenner, the commissioner and his men ignored a mountain of evidence suggesting wrongdoing by others in the game
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October 08, 1990

Bad Job, Baseball

Even as they gave the boot to Yankee owner George Steinbrenner, the commissioner and his men ignored a mountain of evidence suggesting wrongdoing by others in the game

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Might baseball have made a deal with a man it considers anathema? Might it have something to fear if Spira goes to trial? Certainly if Spira takes the stand in his defense, it is likely that a lot of what baseball failed to investigate will come to light. And that, at last, baseball—including Vincent, the man who's supposed to know what's going on—will be listening to Spira attentively.

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