Baseball Musings
Baseball Musings
August 19, 2004
This Bud's for You

Bill Kelly alerts me to this story:


Owners on Thursday unanimously voted to extend the term of baseball commissioner Bud Selig for three years through 2009.

Selig took over as acting commissioner in September 1992 after Fay Vincent resigned. Selig agreed to a five-year contract in July 1998 and then received a new five-year deal in November, 2001.

The 70-year-old Selig had previously indicated that he was set to retire when his contract expired on December 31, 2006, but changed his mind after much coaxing by the owners.


Another lie by Selig. And the great commissioner still hasn't resolved the Expos situation How much money can you hold out for Bud? How about doing something right for the players and the community that's going to receive them?

The baseball TV network should be interesting. MLB has done a good job with the internet, and the two should mesh nicely.

Update: And what's with this "unanimously" crap? Have you ever seen Selig take a vote where he doesn't have 30 owners in the bag? I can't believe that every owner agrees 100% with what Selig does. But by compromising enough and hectoring enough to get everyone to say yes, Bud stifles criticism from within. I, for one, would like to hear that criticism.


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Comments

The good news is, he's 70.

Posted by: Meg at August 19, 2004 03:14 PM

Aren't there only 29 owners?

Posted by: Dave at August 19, 2004 07:10 PM

Yes, only 29 now, but for most of his tenure, there have been 30, and I can't recall a vote that wasn't unanimous.

Posted by: David Pinto at August 19, 2004 07:45 PM

The other good news about Selig being reinstated is that....um....let's see...oh. Uh-oh.

I'm mighty sick of this oily used-car salesman. I get enough lies from our politicians, thank you very much.

Posted by: Dave S. at August 20, 2004 07:57 AM

MLB needs Selig until 2009. It's the only way to ensure that the Expos situation will be resolved by then. Hopefully. Possibly. If things go right. If there's an acceptable deal (i.e., someone's willing to give big bucks to the other owners).

Posted by: Robert at August 20, 2004 08:39 AM

this bud is certainly NOT for me. or for any baseball fan, for that matter. or for the expos. he's for his own pocket and the pockets of the other 28 owners. period.

Posted by: lisa gray at August 20, 2004 04:33 PM