Major League Baseball chose not to change Cobb's average, citing an absence of convincing evidence.
For years, baseball chose to ignore the steroid problem, and why not?
Even though Puerto Rican players are United States citizens, baseball chose to count them as foreign born in their updated census.
But the first part of Manfred's statement was also telling, and it explains why baseball chose not to simply let Das's decision stand on its own.
Teams lost ticket sales, and ESPN, which routinely broadcasts coverage of college sailing and Little League baseball, chose not to renew its television contract with the sport.
PAGE A8 Steroid Investigator Named Major League Baseball chose George J. Mitchell, the former Senate majority leader, to lead an investigation into the sport's involvement with steroids.
Major League Baseball chose to leave Miller Park's roof and outfield panels closed on a sunny, windy 52-degree afternoon, in part to limit the tricky late-afternoon shadows that hitters often complain about.
Unlike the N.F.L., baseball chose not to wage a protracted fight against cable operators to extend its subscriber rolls; it ensured major distribution by giving Comcast, Time Warner and Cox shares in the network that total 16.67 percent, the same stake that had already been provided to DirecTV for being the first to agree to carry the channel.
And it was the fact that Cleveland is battling for a wild card spot that had the Bats blog's crack baseball committee choose Ramirez as the correct answer.
Unwilling to risk having a potential clinching game interrupted or affected by rain, baseball officials chose to call the game early, especially with clear skies predicted for Thursday and Friday nights.
In contrast, the Web site Deadspin has taken regular note this season of bored baseball fans choosing to ignore the action at the games they are attending in favor of activities like reading books, playing solitaire and occasionally sleeping.
