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MLB commissioner Bud Selig given two-year contract extension

Found January 12, 2012 on NJ.com:
PLAYERS: Bud Selig

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Selig will hold job through 2014, when he will be 80
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Via Yahoo! Sports  |  January 12, 2012
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