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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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For something that is "pretty common knowledge," it is odd that I can do a google search on "pine tar mcphail kuhn" and get nothing about how the commissioner's office in any way interceded in McPhail's decision. You would think that there would be at least one article devoted to this common knowledge.