Schott Praises Hitler’s Beginnings

Marge Schott once again is praising the start of Adolf Hitler’s term as German chancellor.

“Everything you read, when he came in he was good,” the Cincinnati Red owner said in an interview aired by ESPN Sunday night. “They built tremendous highways and got all the factories going. He went nuts, he went berserk. I think his own generals tried to kill him, didn’t they. Everybody knows he was good at the beginning but he just went too far.”

The 45-minute interview was taped in Schott’s office in Cincinnati on Friday.

On Feb. 2, 1993, baseball’s executive council suspended Schott for one year and fined her $25,000 for bringing “disrepute and embarrassment” to baseball with her repeated use of racial and ethnic slurs.

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Mariano Duncan, the American League’s leading hitter, was put on the 15-day disabled list Sunday by the New York Yankees because of a strained left groin muscle. Duncan, batting .361 this season, suffered the injury in the seventh inning of Saturday’s 11-5 loss to the Chicago White Sox while running out a double. Infielder Robert Eenhoorn was recalled from triple-A Columbus to replace Duncan on the 25-man roster.

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Oakland A’s third baseman Scott Brosius was off to the best start of his career when he was struck below the right wrist Saturday night by Kansas City right-hander Mark Gubicza. Now, Brosius, batting .351 with eight homers and 21 RBIs, will be sidelined for four to six weeks because of a broken bone in his arm.

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Florida Marlin left-hander Chris Hammond has lost his spot in the rotation.

Hammond (1-5, 10.88 ERA) gave up seven runs in two-thirds of an inning Saturday against the Colorado Rockies. Kurt Miller, who has been pitching for triple-A Charlotte, will replace Hammond and start Thursday in Miami against Colorado.

Left-hander Joel Adamson will be sent to Charlotte to make room on the roster for Miller.