You Can Call Marge ‘Second-Hand Rose’

The basket of flowers that Cincinnati Reds owner Marge Schott sent to umpires in sympathy over John McSherry’s death was recycled, the Dayton Daily News reported Sunday.

Schott scribbled a sympathy note, attached it to flowers that had been given to her on opening day by the team’s television affiliate, and had them sent to the umpires’ dressing room, the paper reported.

The newspaper cited two unidentified sources. A similar report appeared in The Boston Globe.

McSherry collapsed behind home plate on opening day and died at a hospital. Schott was criticized nationally for saying she felt cheated because the game had to be postponed.