Selig given extension through 2012

Bob Costas would be a great commissioner.

 

I don't think he'd be the second coming of Kenesaw Mountain Landis.

THAT's what baseball needs. At least the he's the law part of it.

 

I was cracking up at the subject line of the announcement email from MLB: "Commissioner Selig's Contract Extended Through 1012"

I mean, I know the guy's old and all ...

 

Fuck that shit. [/Buck Weaver]

 

That's funny. I thought the two of them were golfing buddies.

 

The days of an independent commissioner never happened. From the very start, Landis was a stooge for the owners (notably Charlie Comiskey).

 

Only way Landis was a stooge for Comiskey was in their mutual hatred for Ban Johnson.

Landis was the man who destroyed Comiskey's team when he didn't have to.

That said, your first point is correct. There's never been an independent commish -- not even Fay Vincent, though he's trying hard to create that legacy now.

 

What is there to weep about? The commissioner is and always has been an employee of the owners ... nothing more, nothing less.

Bud might be a jerk but the owners -- despite their own stupidity -- are making gazillions of dollars.
Even shitbag owners in Minnesota, Pittsburgh, Miami, and all the other "small market" pissants are making a profit because Bud convinced the Steinbrenners, Wilpons, John Henrys, et al that revenue sharing was good for the game.

Baseball has never been more profitable and that is all the owners care about. They think Bud is great because despite all the shit that has gone down, they are lining their pockets like never before.

 

A drunken, racist Cub fan?

That's what baseball needs?

Think not.

 

I have nothing to add to this.