Bud Selig
Bud Selig
Allan Huber "Bud" Seligis an American baseball executive who currently serves as the Commissioner Emeritus of Baseball. Previously, he served as the ninth Commissioner of Baseball. He initially served as the acting commissioner beginning in 1992 before being named the official commissioner in 1998. Selig oversaw baseball through the 1994 strike, the introduction of the wild card, interleague play, and the merging of the National and American Leagues under the Office of the Commissioner. He was instrumental in organizing the...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionSports Executive
Date of Birth30 July 1934
CityMilwaukee, WI
CountryUnited States of America
I am confident that baseball's many millions of fans will agree that this great game can move forward with pride and honor as we also investigate those who may be implicated in these matters.
I am going to finish with my extension in 2009 and that will be it for me. I'll be 75 years old at that point and guys get out of jail faster for goodness sakes.
Most of the Yankee roster is there. I'll grant you that three of their great stars are here, but their whole pitching staff is there, sans Al Leiter. At some point, sometimes in life you do things that in the long run really help you and your sport.
Muhammad Ali is one of the sports legends of our generation. I don't think that that's valid criticism.
One of my priorities -- one of the game's priorities -- is the internationalization of baseball. We're doing everything we can to move the sport in an international direction. I think it's going to be absolutely spectacular.
Obviously we've only seen parts of things. We will review everything there is to look at. I'm sure all of us will read the book.
Obviously, we've only seen parts of things. And the book itself doesn't come out until the end of the month, but we'll review everything that there is to look at.
No one denies that it is a problem. It's a problem we can and must deal with now, rather than years from now when the public says, 'Why didn't you do something about it?' I'm very worried about this.
Nobody on either side can say that this wasn't vetted properly over a long, long period of time. Other than that, I'll handle the internal matters in my own way.
New and old fans throughout the world will have the opportunity to enjoy our great game and see many of baseball's best players competing in this historic event.
I was stunned, shocked. I'm telling you, it gave me chills.
I wish to thank the Department of State and the Department of Treasury for their assistance in securing the approvals necessary for Cuba to participate in the inaugural World Baseball Classic in March. The federal government thoughtfully and diligently helped us bring the application process to a successful conclusion. Now, with Cuba?s entry in the tournament approved, the World Baseball Classic promises to be an historic event and will guarantee our fans the greatest possible competition among the best players in the world.
If we didn't have the right to keep teams where they are, teams would have moved, ... This exemption has promoted stability. It's done the very thing that people talk about wanting to avoid.
I am saddened by the recent announcements of violations of baseball's drug program. There exists some doubt in the public sector about our sincerity in eliminating steroids from the game. That is wrong. We must create an understanding everywhere that when we say we need to rid the game of steroids, we mean it.