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Originally Posted by Ref Ump Welsch
It was pretty common knowledge Bowie Kuhn had his grip on MacPhail back then. I can't remember where I read it, but Kuhn pretty much told MacPhail hell would be had if he didn't uphold the protest (that's a pretty good move because of MacPhail's previous employment with the Yankees). Kuhn was a more powerful commissioner than people gave him credit for.
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Okay, so that just means there were two idiots involved instead of one. Who cares? McClelland did his job and was stabbed in the back by his boss. What more needs to be known?