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'm glad his health is improving, ... We'll see what happens. We're in the last three weeks of the season, so it's going to be interesting.
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.
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.
I guess people are aggravated because (wild cards) have won three world championships in a row. But frankly, the commissioner is not one of them.
Steroid users cheat the game. After three offenses, they have no place in it.
I can't think of an analogous situation, ... A player goes out on the field, tosses cameramen around - not one, not twice, but three times - unprovoked by these people, by his own admission. To me, that is just absolutely unacceptable.
All these people have spent an enormous amount of time, money, effort. And they certainly deserve one interview. I've enjoyed it. I've done five groups so far. I have three to go, and I'm trying to do those as quickly as possible.
I'm very comfortable telling you today that my program will rid the sport of steroids. I spent a lot of time talking to trainers, doctors, general managers, managers, players. I've devoted my life to this now.
In a lot of ways, it's helpful to have a team in the nation's capital. There's no question about that. It's helpful politically and a lot of other ways. As far as I'm concerned, Washington deserves a major league franchise. It's a major league market. I have no question about that.
I'm not at the moment. And it doesn't mean it won't come.
I know there's been grumbling, but not much. I think overall this deal really doesn't increase that level to any degree that one would worry about.
I know the clubs are just absolutely delighted
I'm proud of what we've done over the last even or eight years. I find the revisionist history that has gone on in some places to be remarkable. The idea that we turned a blind eye is just not supported by fact.
It's something I'd rather not discuss right now.