11. Fans elected the starters, while managers Buck Showalter and Felipe Alou, who consulted with the league presidents, chose pitchers and reserves. 12. Final approval of a championship game would have to come from the league presidents. 13. Hatchell and Wefald have stressed that league presidents will make the decision regarding location of conference headquarters. 14. Grasso, the first woman elected as league president, denied that race is an issue. 15. Have the league presidents or the commissioner taken a cut? 16. He was the first to refuse to allow event sponsors or league presidents to dictate which announcers would cover an event. 17. If league presidents wanted to show the fans they care about both them and the game, they could order the umpires to call the true strike zone. 18. In baseball, the American and National league presidents levy suspensions and fines case by case. 19. In that circumstance, the league presidents could revert to the current practice, but at least in some cases, the timing would be more equitable. 20. Interleague games come, league presidents go. |