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Bud Selig's Sosa Strategy: Plead Ignorance, Then Change The Subject
"I don't know whether this story is accurate or not.... people are gonna have to make their own judgments in the future.... Are they accurate? I don't know. You all will have to make that judgment." [Sports Radio Interviews]
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By Ben CohenComment by Doug Dascenzo's Only Fan: This is an old picture of Selig savoring the morning after a crazy night of finger banging Marge Schott. 4 Responses | Other threads
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America's Verdict On Bud Selig's Draft Performance: "Boring LOL"
Poor Bud Selig can't walk in front of a camera without inspiring a visceral sort of loathing among, well, everyone. Case in point: last night, the baseball amateur draft's primetime debut. More »
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By Tommy CraggsComment by David Hume: Fact: Bud Selig keeps a candy dish of mothballs on his desk to snack on. 5 Responses | Other threads
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Spotted: Bud Selig At An Independent League Game In Chico
There were fireworks last night at Nettleton Stadium in Chico, Calif., and in the end, that's what it was all about. The independent league baseball game before the fireworks was just the opener, and there was certainly no encore. More »
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By Ben CohenComment by CanHeHackett: Is this where I can talk about what a great movie 'The Ladies Man' is? 1 Responses | Other threads
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It's Official: Baseball Is Worse Than Professional Wrestling
Well, that's if you listen to former Minnesota Governor and feather-boa'd wrestler, Jesse "The Body" Ventura, who wondered why the Feds aren't going after Bud Selig like they did Vince McMahon. More »
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By DAULERIOComment by Weed Against Speed: Jesse "The Body" Ventura: making Minnesotans both proud and humiliated at the same time since 1998. 6 Responses | Other threads
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Hank Aaron Doesn't Want the Homerun Record Back
Sorry, Bud Selig: "If you did that, you'd have to go back and change all kinds of records, and the [home run] record was very important to me," Aaron said. "It's probably the most hallowed record out there, as far as I'm concerned, but it's now in the hands of somebody else. It belongs to Barry. No matter how we look at it, it's his record, and I held it for a long time. But my take on all of this has always been the same. I'm not going to say that Barry's got it because of this or because of that, because I don't know." [AJC]
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Comment by Skating Tomato: /tj/Marshawn Lynch just pulled a Plaxico. Fuckity fuck fuck. Looks like the Bills will have to add a RB to... 3 Responses | Other threads
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Bud Selig Is Going To Make Everything OK (With Selig Fail Update)
Not only is Bud Selig going to suspend Alex Rodriguez, (maybe ... perhaps), but he's going to reinstate Hank Aaron as the all-time leader in home runs (if he can find his pen). More »
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Comment by Father of 2 Future First Rounders: Guess you gotta suspend Petitte, take away Caminiti's MVP, take away Gagne's saves record, etc etc. 4 Responses | Other threads
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ESPN Is Giving Scott Van Pelt Some Quiet Time (UPDATE)
Last week, ESPN's Scott Van Pelt hammered Bud Selig about the MLB Commissioner's $18.5 million salary.A little too much, apparently: SVP was suspended from his radio show on Monday, according to multiple WWL sources. More »
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By DAULERIOComment by toledostripper: It's not like SVP was breaking any major news. Selig's been raking it in ever since he got chummy with... 6 Responses | Other threads
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Bud Selig Will Ride Out This Recession OK
Bud Selig made $18.35 million in 2007, making him the highest-paid commissioner in sports, and giving the fourth-highest salary in baseball behind only Alex Rodriguez, Derek Jeter and two others. [Yahoo Sports]
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Comment by phillas: Yeah, but what's his VORC? (Value Over Replacement CommissionersWhoAreUselessPiecesOfHumanF...) 2 Responses | Other threads
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The Houston Astros Politely Reject Bud Selig's Apology
When Hurricane Ike rained on the party inside Minute Maid Park in Houston last weekend, Bud Selig infamously made the Astros play two games at a "neutral site", Milwaukee's Miller Park. As you can imagine, this was not well received in the Astros' clubhouse. More »
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Comment by K-Gun: Bud Selig- making other commissioners look borderline competent for...well, entirely too long. 3 Responses | Other threads
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Lasorda Back With Dodgers; Still Fat
To help us to get into shape for baseball's opening day, here's a mini Closer. I promise I will not take out the catcher ... More » -
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You're Giving More Money To Bud Selig Than Ever Before
Fascinating figures in the Chicago Tribune the other day: It turns out that Wolverines: I think Mangino ate the rest of this post. more » | Other threadsbud selig
Bud Selig's Fortnight From Hell
As we move on with our lives now that Barry Bonds has taken over the home run record — though we really can't move on, considering he's gonna keep playing — we look at the guy who has consistently looked worse than everybody else, Bonds included, this entire time. We're talking of course about Bud Selig. More »
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By LeitchComment by I_can_still_pitch: Has every one forgotten about collusion? About purposely making your team suck? That's cheating the fans, and Bud was the... more » | Other threads
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It's Your All-Star Game Live Blog, Ya'll
We run this picture, not because there's any particular reason to run it, but because it's the All-Star Game tonight, and we will never, ever tire of looking at this picture. It has been five years since the ultimate Bud Selig befuddled moment — honestly, just look at that picture again; doesn't it just make you want to laugh and dance? That's what it does to us — and it's pretty much the first, last and every image we think about it anytime the game comes back around. It makes us happy. It just does. More »bud selig knows what people want
Worry Not, Everybody: You'll Be Seeing Plenty Of Bud Selig
We know that you, like us, have been on your proverbial pins and your proverbial needles wondering whether or not baseball commissioner Bud Selig would attend the game in which Barry Bonds destroys our collective faith in humanity by breaking Hank Aaron's home run record. Wonder no longer! More »baseball
How Bud And Company Are Justifying Keeping Games From You
OK, so here's where everything stands with the Major League Baseball / DirectTV / Extra Innings deal from yesterday. Richard Sandomir has the scoop in The New York Times. More »
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By LeitchComment by mordecai1908: Bud Selig is the Robert Mugabe of professional sports. more » | Other threads
baseballMLB Pretends It Cares, A Little, Barely
So, if you buy what Major League Baseball is spinning, yesterday's announcement that the Direct TV wouldn't necessarily be an exclusive deal is great news, a chance for fans to still watch their favorite out-of-town team without having to buy stupid DirectTV. After all, cable providers have until the beginning of the season to "match" the DirectTV offer and put the games on their carriers. They'll of course match, right? The onus is on them!
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By LeitchComment by Mick Kraut: From looking at that photo a little closer, Selig is wearing a Pirates poncho...so the look of stunned horror is... more » | Other threads
baseballBud Selig Is Trying Very Hard To Tolerate Your Bitching
Bug Selig, rebel bad-ass that he is, is taking a little bit of a contentious stance against the backlash towards the MLB's exclusive deal with DirecTV. He referred to it as "a slight controversy, in some places," and he believes that the solution is for you to get off your broke ass and buy yourself a dish. Via The Sports Frog, from the Chicago Tribune:
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By mjdeadspinComment by Trackback: As if the Holiday Inn commercials didn't lead you to this belief already. Joe Buck has been featured in... more » | Other threads
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MLB Would Like You To Stop Enjoying Their Product So Much
Lots of discussion the last few days about fantasy baseball statistics, who owns them and whether Major League Baseball is clueless, a bunch of jerks or both. Basically, baseball wanted to force any fantasy game companies to pay them a licensing fee just to use their stats, and a St. Louis judge said "No way." Our favorite quote was from Daniel Okrent, former public editor for The New York Times and one of the founders of Rotisserie baseball (and never got a dime for his efforts): "The only thing that saddens me about it is that there won't be a public trial, during which MLB's incredible greed would have been on public display." More »baseball
We Have To Ask ... Special Bud Selig Edition
Tomorrow afternoon, baseball commissioner Bud Selig will host a live chat with fans from the All-Star Game festivities in Pittsburgh. The chat isn't live, necessarily, considering you can submit your questions a day early. But Selig will be there, probably, and it's possible his typist might even occassionally talk to him before he inputs Selig's answers. More »
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baseballIf You Can Trust Anyone, You Can Trust Jose Canseco
Yesterday, Major League Baseball released a Strongly Worded Statement, making it clear that former Madonna statue Jose Canseco's claims — that Bud Selig and Co. could cover up a positive steroid test if the player (namely, Roger Clemens) were popular enough — "complete nonsense." It is the next in a series of angry, "Canseco's a self-promoting liar" tsk tsk attacks from MLB on Canseco, pointing out his obvious credibility issues, borderline personality and desire to be Steven Seagal. It's rather easy to discredit Jose Canseco.
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Sheriff Bud Selig, All Over The Case
Look out, Barry; you're really in trouble now. Bud Selig reportedly is ready to announce that Major League Baseball is launching an investigation into steroid use (insert dramatic music here). So as you can see, the jig is up. There's absolutely nowhere players like Bonds can hide. Having Bud Selig on your tail is like ... is like, um, well, here's a list of things it's like: More »
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Everybody Hates Barry ... Even Pepsi
So, let's just say that Barry Bonds does break Hank Aaron's home run record this year. It's not that crazy of a notion, you know; he needs 48, which is fewer home runs than Andruw Jones hit last year. How will you react? OK, let's rephrase that: If you had a multi-million dollar advertising budget at your disposal, how will you react? Do you celebrate? Do you want your name attached to Bonds? More »baseball
Barry Bonds And The Chamber of Secrets
Well, there's less than two weeks left until the official release of the book Game of Shadows, the Barry Bonds expose by San Francisco Chronicle reporters Mark Fainaru-Wada and Lance Williams. We suspect that your kids have been on pins and needles in anticipation and have probably been bugging you to make their Barry Bonds costumes for those neighborhood book release parties. Little Timmy wants to be young, slim Barry. Sally wants to be mistress Kimberly Bell. Jason wants to be Paula Abdul (that should be looked into, by the way). Toy syringes and boxes of Bertie Bott's Every Flavor Anabolic Steroid Pills are flying off the shelves. Whoa, slow down kids! Pace yourselves! More »
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Comment by Juancho: Aha, it does say if a player is caught WITH steroids, he will be punished. Not having done them. Not... more » | Other threads
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David Wells: More Fun Than Should Be Allowed
How great is it, honestly, to have David Wells around? We're almost sorry to see the Red Sox pitcher come back from that knee injury, because it means he'll be busy again. And we've learned that an idle David Wells is an entertaining David Wells — it's kind of like if Gary Busey all of a sudden showed up at your birthday party. Whenever he opens his mouth, the fun just never ends. More »baseball
Soon, Bud Selig Will Rule the World! Bwah Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha!
We've never imagined the Yankees' front office as rebel types, but there's a first time for everything, we suppose. On Saturday, some brave soul in the Legends Field ticket office posted a sign in the main concourse of their spring training complex in Tampa, apologizing to fans for the absence of Johnny Damon, Alex Rodriguez and Derek Jeter at spring training games due to their participation in the World Baseball Classic. When Baseball Commissioner Bud Selig heard about this, he blew a fuse. Selig, apparently, instructed his minions to remove the sign the following day. No one messes with the WBC, Selig's pet project. NO ONE. More »baseball
We're Sure Bud Selig Is Very Depressed Now
We're always wary of people who are obsessed with Google-bombing — the practice of making sure when you search for, say, "Tom Brady" on Google, you get a link to something like Mexican goat-fisting, or whatever — but some disgruntled Washington, D.C. residents have decided to go after MLB commissioner Bud Selig in a somewhat amusing way. More »baseball
New Steroid Agreement Reached
Well, we didn't have the scoop this time, but our main man Jon Heyman did: Major League Baseball and the players union have reached an agreement on a new steroid penalty policy. The details: 50 games for a first offense, 100 games for a second offense and a lifetime ban for the third offense. Those are exactly the terms Bud Selig wanted, and those are exactly the terms he got. More »fox
Uh, Mr. Selig, We're Not Sure We Can Get A Crane There In Time
From Fox News' homepage this morning. When we first saw it, it had us running for the phones. First off, what about all the people inside? Secondly, uh, it's not retractable is it? Third ... who gives Bud Selig the authority? Where does he get off? Can he just roam the countryside, ripping off people's roofs? Is that like his thing? When he orders a roof ripped off, does he make the "raise the roof" motion with his hands? Because we'd like to see that. More »baseball
Congressional Steroid Hearings End Four Days Early
Wrapping Up The Congressional Steroid Hearings: More »steroids
Steroid Hearings: Look, They Invited The NHL!
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We Watch Steroid Trials So You Don't Have To
We love you so much, that we're actually willing to sit through these Congressional steroid hearings, chaired by Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.), who we still think could beat up the entire "Inside The NFL" staff in a fight. (We're not counting Bob Costas, who you totally know would just run away.) Anyway, we'll be posting sporadic updates on what you're missing all day, at least until the boredom destroys us. More »baseball
Set Tivos To C-SPAN!
Like most people, we watched last spring's and summer's steroid hearings with many healthy dollops of amusement; it was alternately: More »baseball
Making Sure You Have Your Expressed Written Consent
We make fun of commissioner Bud Selig and Major League Baseball a lot here, but we must give credit where credit be due. An enterprising sort named Merritt Bettineski, tongue planted firmly in Merritt Bettineski Cheek, wrote a letter to MLB Headquarters asking Selig for permission to show an old Seattle Mariners game at a party, mindful of the omnipresent "Any rebroadcast, reproduction or other use of this game without the express written consent of Major League Baseball is prohibited." And, God bless 'em, MLB wrote him back. More »mlb
Jon Bon Jovi And Bud Selig Bring The Rock
Now, we know Bon Jovi hasn't exactly ever been, oh, underground, we guess, but on the list of Things We Imagine Rock Stars Doing That Are Debaucherous, Involve Leather Pants And Mostly Out Of Our Frame Of Reference, pre-releasing your album on MLB.com with an extra track for MLB.com customers would have to seem pretty far down there. More »outdoor life network
Outdoor Life Network Wants Baseball. That's Kinda Cute
We're not sure how this is going to work out for them, but the Outdoor Life Network — all uppity after agreeing to be the main NHL network this season — is going to try to bid on Major League Baseball next season. The goal is to pry away those Sunday night and Wednesday night games when ESPN's contract runs out, which is at the end of this season. More »david wells
The Deprogramming of David Wells
It's a sad day when Boston fathead David Wells is turned into a Stepford Drone, but it has happened. On Monday, Wells blasted commissioner Bud Selig and essentially accused him of covering up the Rafael Palmeiro steroid bust, which, frankly, the rest of us all think too. But once Wells left his emergency meeting with MLB officials — but not Selig — his press release sounded like it was written by someone other than Wells. Which it almost certainly was. More »david wells
Wells Gets Detention, Call Home to Parents
After his pissed-off comments Monday, Boston pitcher David Wells has been sent to the principal's office. Wells, who blasted commissioner Bud Selig and accused him of covering up steroid results, was summoned to New York to chat with baseball brass. Interestingly enough, Selig himself is unlikely to be at the meeting; Wells will meet with a couple of Selig underlings, which is kind of like when Tony Soprano sent one of his soldiers to scare off Annabella Sciorra. And that will be the last time we ever compare Bud Selig to Tony Soprano. More »david wells
Wells Digs His Own Hole
It's always amusing when Boston elderly punk David Wells pops off, but we have a suspicion that when he verbally attacked commissioner Bud Selig after his six-game suspension for bumping an umpire was upheld, he might have got himself in some real trouble this time. More »roger clemens
Clemens Survives ... For Now
Well, it's 5:30, and no announcement from Selig and company about steroids suspensions as has been widely rumored. We're keeping an eye out, but, of course, we'll just ask Michael Kay about it, if we have to. More »roger clemens
The Day Of Rumor Reckoning
Well, today's the day. The Interweb has been all abuzz with rumors for days now that Roger Clemens/Johnny Damon/Gary Sheffield were about to be squashed under the steroid hammer of MLB. The Web was so a-twitter about everything that even the dinosaur print reporters noticed what was going on. (Dan Shanoff even wrote about the rumors — naming names! — on ESPN's Page 2.) This, of course, makes it less likely that an announcement will be made today; MLB doesn't like to make it look like they're being scooped by bloggers. But the sources are still standing behind their stories: Roger Clemens has tested positive for steroids. And the news will eventually get out. It always does. More »New York, 8:21 AM
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