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 is their policy, ... This is criteria they use in April and May. When I told Drayton that, he was fine with it.
There's been no change. I'm very hopeful. We need to get it done.
Do I wish we could have done this a year or two ago? Of course. The political process, as those of you from the Baltimore-Washington area know, moves slowly.
The Oakland club is in the midst of trying to get a stadium built in their area. We're clearly not going to expand. Frankly, there are people who think we've expanded too much. I hope for at least the time being that we have status quo.
they underscore the need for an even tougher policy. There is a deeper issue confronting baseball. It is the integrity of the game and that transcends the viability of the current program.
A lot of guys feel that way. They won't say it like I will, though.
There is no question but that the positive shelf life of a new stadium has shrunk considerably. The new parks in themselves can't be a long-term or mid-term panacea for the problems.
We've got eight great groups, and they're still submitting a lot of information, ... But when we know, believe me, that will get announced quickly.
While I would prefer to resolve this problem directly to the Players Association and jointly implement a much stronger drug-testing policy, one modeled after our program in the minor leagues, I gladly will accept whatever help is offered by Senator McCain to achieve our ultimate goal,
I just said I would review all of the information. I was very careful ... to say exactly what I said, and that's exactly what I mean.
I'll say this, it is a fair statement to say the program is working. It's the integrity issue that transcends it. That's why we not only need tougher penalties, but we need to go to independent testing so there's nobody who doesn't understand that we are serious. Same thing with amphetamines.
I'll say this for the groups: They have plans in waiting. It's just a question of who gets the team. They'll react pretty quickly.
I hear that there is about 58 more guys that have tested positive and if that's true, this game is screwed! Congress will have a field day with it.
I think 50-100 and lifetime is eminently fair. I don't even begin to understand how anybody could not think that that was fair.