Selig extended
NYT article says Selig's contract extended until 2012. http://tinyurl.com/2f79a8
And here's the bit that will warm every fan's heart--
"Selig, who pushed for interleague play and wild cards in the postseason, predicted more change over the next five years.
'By the time I leave, you won't recognize the sport,' he said."
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wont recognize it...
or
like the Rays (left out the D part woohoo first time) won the WS kinda wont recognize it
by Jayslick on Jan 17, 2008 5:28 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
Every Day
by Ed Coffin on Jan 17, 2008 5:42 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
sellick
JMO
by Trosey on Jan 17, 2008 6:17 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
Just another thing on the long list of things
Unless that "extenson" thing means he'll be hung by his toes until 2012...
by lonestarJon on Jan 17, 2008 6:52 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
Potential Baseball Changes
by kevzta on Jan 17, 2008 7:43 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
I hope so
Don't know why you'd have to get rid of top-15 protected picks to accomplish it, though.
More likely they'd just do away with the whole archaic compensatory draft pick thing all together.
by thedirkatron on Jan 17, 2008 9:01 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
protected
by Jayslick on Jan 17, 2008 9:12 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
Naw
I think you'd probably have to institute something similar to the NBA though, where you can't trade consecutive first round picks or something.
I'd be in favor of just saying you could only trade picks for picks, and you couldn't trade picks for any draft other than the current one.
So you couldn't have a team going all in and trading their '08, '09 and '10 first rounders for Phil Plantier or something like that.
by thedirkatron on Jan 18, 2008 2:56 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs
I have the same view with Selig...
by slc ranger on Jan 17, 2008 8:46 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
¡Vámanos!
by Chase Irwin on Jan 17, 2008 11:22 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
This is an outrage, in my opinion
If Selig had any integrity, or really, balls, then he would've resigned last month. I'm amazed at the lack of outrage and how few people are calling for his head. Oh, and Fehr should resign, too. However, the players would never rise up against the man who has coddled them. What they don't realize is that Fehr's coddling has damaged the game and its reputation. Someone needs to come in and clean house.
by Joseph Mama on Jan 18, 2008 9:20 AM CST reply actions 0 recs
LOL
Players are being paid like never before, fans are streaming through the gates, the union wins all confrontations.
And Fehr should resign.
The game, and it's reputation aren't Fehr's problem. Making sure the players get top notch pay and benefits are. He is doing a great job.
All this wailing, and gnashing of teeth of how steroids have ruined the game doesn't match up with the reality. Fans still come to games in record numbers, and the TV contracts keep growing.
I don't see any evidence that Steroids have ruined the game. Honestly, it appears Steroids and PEDs have vaulted the game to a higher level of popularity than before.
by DJCahill on Jan 18, 2008 9:49 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs
I did not necessarily suggest that
It's galling enough that Bud didn't assume the blame three years ago, five years ago, 10 years ago, 13 years ago. But in one of his defining moments in office, the day that shamed him permanently as the baseball boss who let steroids smear the sport forever, Selig had the audacity to take credit for what actually was his complicit role in allowing juicers to kick-start a dying industry. The same man who enabled the Steroids Era now is claiming he's a hero.
So why didn't he launch an investigation when Mark McGwire and Sammy Sosa were playing Homerun Derby in 1998? The answer, of course, is that power surges were bringing back fans and making money for the owners. And rather than order a steroids probe, it was much more convenient for Selig, as an agent of the owners, to turn his head.
Fehr faces a complicated task.. On one hand he must display a genuine desire to rectify the steroids and HGH problem in baseball. He must also accept responsibility for the detrimental consequences of the players association's longstanding unwillingness to commit to comprehensive drug testing.
by Joseph Mama on Jan 18, 2008 11:10 AM CST reply actions 0 recs
baseball union
by 83ranger on Jan 18, 2008 1:40 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
Revenue Sharing
by Joseph Mama on Jan 18, 2008 2:36 PM CST reply actions 0 recs

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