Former Reds owner Marge Schott is one of the most virulent racists in baseball history—and that’s a tough competition.
The four-word headline on a 1996 Associated Press article really says it all: “Schott Praises Hitler Again.”
Again.
The “Controversies” section of her Wikipedia page is over 1,000 words long, detailing her history of disparaging remarks against all sorts of people. Read Rick Reilly’s 1996 Sports Illustrated story and you’ll run out of fingers and toes trying to count all the remarks that would get a person banished from the game today.