Baseball Musings
Baseball Musings
December 13, 2007
Selig Speaks

Bud Selig just took the podium.

Update: Selig embraces all of MItchell's recommendations. The ones he can implement independently, he'll do so immediately.

Update: Selig says he will deal with active players identified in report. Sounds like Bud isn't on board with forgiveness.

Update: Mostly blah-blah after that. Selig is committed to eliminating cheating from the game.


Posted by David Pinto at 04:30 PM | Cheating | TrackBack (0)
Comments

I hate it when I hear Bud Selig use the word "honorable" when talking about Mitchell. The bad part about using that word is that you can never disprove that, well you can with a shaky past like mine, but still....who can argue that someone isn't "honorable". And who can argue the inverse? No one.

That said, if and when I went to court for those crazy allegations and the public caught wind that I had banged or simply had oral sex with the judge, the judge would have to excuse himself from the case because of conflict of interest.

Senator Mitchell works (in the future) and worked for the Red Sox, that's a conflict of interest no matter how you slice it. I don't care about his past or that he was a Senator, like we've never had corrupt one's before, but for that reason alone then Selig couldn't use Mitchell.

I hate Selig, I hope I get to give him an STD.

Posted by: Paris Hilton at December 13, 2007 04:55 PM

What Selig was really saying was this:

"Baseball can police itself and will do so based on Mitchell's Report. Congress, please don't take away our anti-trust exemption."

Posted by: JC at December 13, 2007 05:02 PM

I'd like to see some Cy Young's or MVP's stripped, like the Olympics stripping medals or Tour de France stripping titles. It would give back respect to MLB and make people feel less jilted about the game. It will also send a strong, very strong message to the players....and hit some in the wallet (many contracts are fat due to having an MVP past)

Posted by: Devon at December 13, 2007 05:34 PM

Punitive action for past crimes with no proof is really dumb. All sports need to look forward on how to solve the problem. Any time wasted in trying to figure out how to "prove" that clemens took steroids or HGH in 2003 is time that could be spent in laying down a logical testing program for the future. Offer amnesty for active players, especially if they help detail the extent of their drug use and drug problem. Witch hunting players who are retired is about the dumbest thing you can do. Second only to punishing players based on allegations of drug use.

Posted by: tarik saleh at December 13, 2007 05:50 PM

The Chevy Salesman Speaks. Bud is going to clean up baseball.
Good luck baseball. I hope you survive the operation.

Posted by: James Scott at December 13, 2007 07:26 PM

Can we inject Selig into the sun yet?

Posted by: Jason at December 13, 2007 11:00 PM

I presume Selig will also be suspending owners and front offices that the Report names as having been complicit and knowledgable. He wouldn't just go after players, would he? He wants the cooperation of the MLBPA -- right -- as he moves forward with Mitchell's recommendations (other than the recommendation not to chase past users, that is.)

[Irony alert]

Posted by: Capybara at December 14, 2007 02:33 PM
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