Bud Selig Reportedly Set to Announce Retirement as MLB Commissioner

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Source: BleacherReport.com via CNN.com

Bud Selig has been Major League Baseball's commissioner since 1992, but his term will reportedly come to an end following the 2014 season. The former owner of the Milwaukee Brewers is expected to officially announce his retirement Wednesday, according to the Daily News.

Selig's tenure as commissioner has been an interesting one, as the landscape of baseball has changed constantly. The performance-enhancing drugs era ballooned under Selig's watch, but he has taken huge steps toward curtailing the issue in recent years, with the MLB now boasting what is arguably the most stringent PED policy in professional sports.

He also instituted the wild card in 1994, and while there was initially some resistance from purists, it has become an accepted part of the game. Selig even added one wild card in each league last year, and time will tell if that is ultimately as successful as the initial advent.

In addition to the wild card, Selig pushed through interleague play in 1997. That was yet another decision that was initially met with criticism, but it helped create new rivalries and provided fans with matchups that they had never seen before.

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Please consider leaving this as LBN...baseball IS the national past-time....

[jessie04]

1. Next Commissioner.....Keith Olbermann.

you heard it here first.

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3. I like it!

[Myrina]

6. I thought Dimson wanted it ... more than being POTUS ...

[FSogol]

7. Ever seen the short film, "Bud Selig Must Die"?

Synopsis: To keep George W. Bush from becoming president, one man (Eric Artell) must convince two time travel clerks (Tony Hale and Jon Heder) that Bud Selig must die.

http://www.funnyordie.com/videos/f8ef162554/bud-selig-must-die

[Jack Rabbit]

24. I haven't seen it, so let me guess

Selig's demise would make Bush commissioner of baseball. Bush thus becomes commissioner and never becomes president, while he's really no worse than Selig has been as commissioner.

That last part sounds a bit iffy. I'm sure Bush could be a worse commissioner of baseball than Selig. When it comes to fucking up, Bush is pure genius.

[FSogol]

25. There's a protester at the beginning chanting "No War for Oil"

after time is changed via W never becoming President, the protester is chanting, "No Baseball for Oil."

[Jack Rabbit]

30. And here I thought the DH was the worst thing they could to baseball.

I'll have to see this.

[LiberalFighter]

11. It would require more work than he did when he was President.

[Myrina]

15. Yes, but he actually gives a shit about baseball. Running a country? Notsomuch.

[Blue_Tires]

9. Too bad I'll never be considered...

I'd get the shit in MLB straightened out in 30 seconds...

[awoke_in_2003]

10. Someone needs to figure out the DH shit...

either both leagues have it or neither- it is silly to have two sets of rules.

[Blue_Tires]

13. It's EASY to figure out...Ditching it would be my first act as commish

[awoke_in_2003]

17. I am an AL guy...

(Indians and Rangers), but I could accept that- the AL would adjust. Play paying a different game in different parks is stupid.

[FSogol]

21. Me too. Of course, I'd expand the roster to 26 players for 5 years, so no

existing DH would lose his job.

[Nye Bevan]

23. Never, ever going to happen.

Too many old guys who can still hit somewhat but can't field. The Players Association would never sign off on it.

[SugarShack]

2. Bud made some huge communication errors in Tampa recently

Did not bode well with fans. Nor will he discuss the corporate sponsorships they never sought for the Rays. It's all been very telling. They'll be gone soon.

[thelordofhell]

4. Selig as commissioner also fucked the country

There was a very strong possibility that Shrub was going to be the Commish..........we could have avoided 8 years of Shitstainasswhippy wrecking the nation

[FSogol]

22. See post 7. n/t

[AtheistCrusader]

5. Self-declared national pasttime.

[Blue_Tires]

27. Go hate America in some other thread, ya beatnik hipster!

[FSogol]

8. Good riddance. Worst commissioner ever. n/t

[Kingofalldems]

19. Well he did help get us a team.

I'll give him that.

[FSogol]

20. I won't even give him credit for that. Where else would he

have moved the Expos?

[Blue_Tires]

28. TBF the process to make it happen was beyond shady

but I guess the end justified the means...

[musiclawyer]

12. Yes, terrible commissioner

The way he has allowed the Oakland A's to twist in the wind just because the Giants don't want the A's in San Jose is criminal. The A's voluntarily ceded the San Jose territory in the 80's to help keep the Giants from moving to Florida. They get the middle finger for gratitude. I hope San Jose sues and challenges the anti-trust exemption once and for all.

[CreekDog]

14. He will be missed

said no one ever.

[Blue_Tires]

16. I'll believe Bud is actually gone when I see it

http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=2681764

[Jack Rabbit]

18. So, Selig is retiring

I feel something like how I felt about the Frat Boy and the Big Dick leaving DC when their terms of office expired and being able to go home instead of to The Hague.

[davidpdx]

26. Now we need to get rid of Goodell

as NFL Commissioner.

[Blue_Tires]

29. And now that Stern is out in the NBA, it might eventually become watchable again...