A Credible Voice Delivers Harsh Judgment ; On a Dark Day for the National Game, Former Sen. George Mitchell Stays Above the Fray.

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Early in the 1994 baseball season, outgoing Senate Majority Leader George Mitchell, D-Maine, was widely considered the front- runner to become the sport's next commissioner.

Mitchell was interested, and Major League Baseball owners said they were, too. But they didn't want to hire a new commissioner until they resolved the labor dispute that eventually ended the season and forced the cancellation of the 1994 World Series.

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A Credible Voice Delivers Harsh Judgment ; On a Dark Day for the National Game, Former Sen. George Mitchell Stays Above the Fray.

Before the baseball strike ended, President Clinton named Mitchell to be a special adviser on economic initiatives in Ireland, a position that led to his role in brokering the historic Northern Ir...

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