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
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.
Setting the all-time attendance record for a second straight year shows that baseball's popularity is greater than ever, ... We are living in baseball's golden era.
Should Sen. Mitchell uncover material suggesting that the scope of this investigation needs to be broader, he has my permission to expand the investigation and to follow the evidence wherever it may lead.
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.
My daughter, Wendy, said, 'Look at it this way: Whichever group you pick, you can't go wrong. They both fit your classical criterion. 'You could have no groups.
Number one, let me say that the program we have is working, ... There's no question about that.
When this investigation is over ... that will be the time for me to make those kind of judgments.
We're not discussing contraction at the major league level.