[The Commisioner of Major League Baseball, Bud Selig, is also Jewish, as are the Commissioners of major league football (Tagliabue), hockey (Bettman), and basketball (Stern)] Froemming suspended 10 games, pulled from Japan trip, Sports Illustrated, January 31, 2003 2003 "Longtime umpire Bruce Froemming has been suspended for 10 days and has lost his Opening Day assignment in Tokyo for using an anti-Semitic slur to describe a major league baseball administrator, sources said. USA Today reported Friday that Froemming had been pulled from the Japan trip and was expected to be suspended for the slur in a conversation about umpiring administrator Cathy Davis. The newspaper said Froemming called Davis a 'stupid Jew bitch.' Two baseball management sources, speaking on the condition they not be identified, told The Associated Press late Thursday night that Froemming was suspended for 10 days without pay. At 63, Froemming is baseball's most senior umpire. He was to start off his 33rd major league season by working the two-game, opening series between the Oakland Athletics and Seattle Mariners in Tokyo on March 25-26."