BASEBALL / DAILY REPORT
There were many small but significant changes in the Reds’ first day without Marge Schott.
When Cincinnati fans and players showed up Friday for the first home game under new leadership, they found large white pennants honoring the 1975 and 1990 World Series championship teams flying above the scoreboard. The music was louder and more upbeat.
Controller-turned-CEO John Allen resisted one change the players requested: The ban on facial hair will remain in place.
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The Chicago Cubs put first baseman Mark Grace on the 15-day disabled list retroactive to June 11 because of a mid-back strain. . . . The Milwaukee Brewers’ stadium board rejected a new financing plan, leaving in doubt the future of the team’s controversial $250-million retractable-roof ballpark.
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