Classic Doc: Marge Schott did as she pleased while owning the Cincinnati Reds

Editor’s note: With columnist Paul Daugherty retiring this month, we are revisiting some of his classic columns from his time at The Enquirer. This story on controversial Reds owner Marge Schott giving up ownership of the team appeared in print on Oct. 13, 1998.

She wouldn’t change, so ownership will

Schott did as she pleased

Midnight is striking for Marge Schott, a woman of means who has never been told no. She can keep ignoring the registered letters sent to her by Major League Baseball, wadding them up and tossing them unopened into the trash, but her time as Reds majority owner is done.

Will she sell her 40 percent of the team? Will she fight? Who knows? You could have higher sources than…