MLB "plans to resolve the Marge Schott-General Motors
case by its June meetings" as owners will consider GM's
"allegations that Schott used names of seven Reds employees
to help falsify 57 car sales" from a dealership she owned,
according to Geoff Hobson of the CINCINNATI ENQUIRER.
Sources say that MLB's decision could impact Schott's
suspension from day-to-day control of the Reds, which is
scheduled to end after the '98 World Series. MLB owners
might craft "a resolution in which Schott regains control if
she agrees to sell the team. Schott's general partner role
expires with the Reds limited partnership on December 31,
2000. Sources indicate owners have held off ruling on Schott
for the past 15 months because of persistent rumors she plans
to sell the club." If she does return to the team, "several"
Reds employees fear she "plans to undo much of what" Managing
CEO John Allen "has built since he took over day-to-day
operations in June 1996, including firing his hires." One
Reds insider: "She is capable of taking out this franchise if
they let her back" (CINCINNATI ENQUIRER, 3/29).
