I’m surprised there hasn’t been a movie or tv show about Marge Schott who owned the Cincinnati Reds and not only was a huge fucking Nazi piece of shit but once yelled at her team for being too good in the playoffs and not getting the full seven games of ticket revenue - ThreadSky

brendelbored.bsky.social • 137 days ago

I’m surprised there hasn’t been a movie or tv show about Marge Schott who owned the Cincinnati Reds and not only was a huge fucking Nazi piece of shit but once yelled at her team for being too good in the playoffs and not getting the full seven games of ticket revenue

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greaterhuff.bsky.social•137 days ago

Didn't she make the team president walk her dog?

rebelagainsthate.com•137 days ago

Roseanne Barr played her on an SNL sketch, I think.

tccschreiner.bsky.social•137 days ago

As someone who was a child and Reds fan when all this went down

You don't want this lol

blepbork.bsky.social•137 days ago

Acting like it was a Yankee Candle someone just gave her and she had no power to throw the fuck away.

thebestdavid.bsky.social•137 days ago

"No, no, it's not MY armband, I just used to employ Josef Mengele."

robmcfadden.bsky.social•137 days ago

Marge Schott is one of those people I'm mad that I know about

like why is this information taking up space in my brain

brendelbored.bsky.social•137 days ago

An umpire once died during a game and the other umpires decided to postpone it and she was like “the fuck are you lazy assholes doing?” and instead of buying flowers for the guys funeral she regifted a bouquet she was given at some event

brendelbored.bsky.social•137 days ago

Like she is objectively worse than Mr Burns, not as a joke, not as a bit, she is a worse human being than Mr Burns by a SUBSTANTIAL degree and he is a cartoon character whose single personality trait is to be an evil rich person

ryanlammi.com•137 days ago

She also chain smoked Reds branded cigarettes and had St Bernard dogs named Schottzie and Schottzie 2 that went with her everywhere and took shits on the field.

A character that really can't (and shouldn't) be replicated.

realbigkris.bsky.social•137 days ago

Have Roseanne play her

realbigkris.bsky.social•137 days ago

But really, Roseanne has been cosplaying as Marge for a few years now and I couldn't put my finger on it, who exactly she had been reminding me of until this moment.

mleadman.bsky.social•137 days ago

Pretty much says it all

rexlibris.bsky.social•137 days ago

A docuseries on, say, the worst 15 major sports franchise owners in North America alone would be fascinating. Speaking locally, we have Daryl Katz (NHL): sex-pest, invested in an alt-right online magazine and is currently suing a community group/homeless shelter.

takethepith.bsky.social•137 days ago

Apropos of very little, I just watched the season 2 episode in which Mr. Burns runs for governor. Painfully timely.

seanmccarthy.bsky.social•137 days ago

My dad worked in AM radio In Cincinnati in the 80’s and has said meetings with her were the worst day of his year. “She was mean because she was so incredibly stupid. You couldn’t deal with her on a personal level and you couldn’t deal with her on an intellectual level.”

synth23.bsky.social•137 days ago

She famously used slurs to describe Dave Parker and Eric Davis.

pathost.bsky.social•137 days ago

I remember that. John McSherry.

limeyemily.bsky.social•137 days ago

I was at that game! Front row behind the on deck circle.

madelineashby.bsky.social•137 days ago

…Was she the inspiration for the owner in SLAPSHOT?

votenanocratic.bsky.social•137 days ago

Was the owner from "Major League" based on her?

soygurt420.bsky.social•137 days ago

Also she was a chainsmoker who also never went anywhere without her Saint Bernard, who she named Schottzie, after herself

kitwrenaway.bsky.social•137 days ago

"It's kind of a circus atmosphere, but you do your job," says [Barry] Larkin, the 1995 National League MVP. "The only thing I don't like is when the dog takes a crap at shortstop, because I might have to dive into that s---." https://www.si.com/mlb/2014/11/19/heaven-help-marge-schott-rick-reilly-si-60

derky.bsky.social•137 days ago

The dog thing gets weirder

soygurt420.bsky.social•137 days ago

Lmao

snowden.st•137 days ago

The German Women of Lower Ohio and Upper Kentucky

snowden.st•137 days ago

The gross tobacco and food stains on her sweatshirt really seal it

bigfatbartolocolon.bsky.social•137 days ago

Modern audience don't like her because she said "Hitler started out ok but went to far at the end" but which half of that sentence is the part you hate??? much to consider at Thanksgiving.

danziginthedark.bsky.social•137 days ago

Pretty sure she let her dog just shit everywhere and made team executives follow it around to clean up after it

golgo13.bsky.social•137 days ago

When they do it, I hope they include a brief scene about her heat with Macho Man from wrestling

tomstpatrick.bsky.social•137 days ago

She was a real sweetie, but the teams won so no one cared.

craigary.bsky.social•137 days ago

Billy West once did an incredible impression of the racist Schott on a podcast and I’ve never been able to get it out of my head, he nailed it and her type.

nsbulk.bsky.social•137 days ago

I'm sure you can still find clips of him imitating her on the Howard Stern Show. NSFW, but hysterical.

rickinbaltimore.com•137 days ago

UTree did a good video on her:
https://youtu.be/jL6mSziaGu0?si=w1sVXgztl7YVGvKi

drpepsi.bsky.social•137 days ago

My favorite thing was that Marge Schott’s infamous statements praising Hitler came during an apology for calling people ns.

pathost.bsky.social•137 days ago

Hell they forced her out of ownership! Hard to imagine Rob Manfred pulling that in 2024.

oliveenjoyer.bsky.social•137 days ago

I grew up there & was reds fan until I learned about her when I was like 14 and was like fuck them & found a new team

mjelly96.bsky.social•137 days ago

Cartoonishly evil woman. If I was watching a biopic or baseball movie where she was a character I'd be like alright this is a little over the top but no she was real

brianwinkeler.bsky.social•137 days ago

Kathy Bates has gotta do SOMETHING between seasons of Matlock.

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