Can't come fast enough...

... Bud is on his wait out, but not soon enough.

http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=2681764

 

That's not what I thought this thread was about.

 

Just talk to BYH. He's got the answer.



Oh.

 

Damn, I thought Berman got suspended for saying one too many bad nicknames or stealing one too many cookies and steaks at the ESPN buffet line.

 

Two answers in before the first crack about me.

You guys are slipping.

 

See? Even BYH thought this thread was about BYH. ;D

 

And, Christ, I wasn't even around for the origination of the joke, I just felt like it needed to be done to keep up appearances around here. Such a shame.

 

Easy to use Bud as a punching bag -- former used-car salesman who just looks so dweeby.

The truth is, baseball has is much better off for him having been commissioner.

Like him or not.

 

How?

 

Fenian_Bastard, excellent question.

 

Any benefits baseball has accrued during Bud's tenure is strictly a coincidence of timing, and not a result of any vision or leadership from the commissioner's office.

 

For all his faults, Selig actually is not a used-car salesman. Or so I read. His family owns new-car dealerships. Of course, they probably sell used cars too, but he's not the Brylcreem using shill at Lakeside Auto sales.

As for baseball being better off, well, you can argue the merits of virtually everything he's done (and we've done this ad nauseum already).