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
This year's award winner, Jamie Moyer, and his wife, Karen, have contributed countless hours, funds and resources to the community through the Moyer Foundation, which was created to offer encouragement, comfort and support to children and families who are enduring a time of profound distress, whether it be physical, emotional or financial,
Every division is really competitive and in some case you can have three or four or even five teams. The more the landscape changes with revenue sharing and tax and the debt service and everything else, the more hope there is in Cincinnati, Milwaukee, Pittsburgh and Kansas City and on and on.
Baseball's had a great year, ... and now we have a World Series that nobody predicted. I can assure you this wouldn't have happened eight or 10 years ago.
Baseball is in the midst of a remarkable renaissance,
completely ignores the sensibilities of those groups of people maligned by Mr. Rocker and disregards the player's position as a role model for children.
There's got to be fairness, and there's got to be decency here. And if I'm overprotective of players, which some say I am, so be it. Then that's what I'll be.
There's one young player they're still talking about.
The Yankees are still there, there are still spring training games. If that's the greatest criticism, the only answer I can give to that is that at some point in life, you've got to rise above your own selfish interests. If this sport is to (reach) the heights that we have to, you can't let your own myopic interest guide you.
I've often said I won't rest until I rid the sport of steroids. If we can't solve our problems, then I submit to you the government should do what it has to do.
It would be unfair and terribly unsettling for them to be half a world away -- away from their families at this critical juncture.
This gathering of baseball's brightest stars will be an outstanding platform to grow the game internationally.
This is a matter of integrity. Baseball must confront its problems head-on.
This has been a watershed event. I'm very confident this will be the platform we use to take this sport internationally to the dimension we want.
They're thrilled to be here. Any time you try to do something different, there is just an inbred resistance.