BUD SELIG RUMORS & GOSSIP
How should more MLB replay be used?
Oh, happy day! Bud Selig has seen the light and "evolved" his opinion on instant replay thanks in no small part to recent rash of inconceivably stupid blown calls that the likes of Angel Hernandez and Fieldin Culbreth have subjected us to in recent weeks. The end result is that the ol' used car salesman is might be ready to relent and allow the expanded use of instant...
MLB hoping for large replay expansion in 2014
NEW YORK -- Major League Baseball appears set for a vast expansion of video review by umpires in 2014 and is examining whether all calls other than balls and strikes should be subject to instant replay.
Replay has been in place for home run calls since August 2008. Commissioner Bud Selig initially wanted to add trap plays and fairfoul calls down the lines for 2013, but change was...
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7 days ago
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NO F'N WAY
Selig okay with Ortiz's salty speech
MLB commissioner Bud Selig says he has no problem with David Ortiz's pregame speech at Fenway Park about the Marathon bombings that contained some profanity.
Selig: MLB won't interrupt season for Olympics
Major League Baseball won't change its schedule to boost the sport's chances of getting back into the Olympics.
Baseball was an Olympic medal sport from 1992-2008, then was dropped for last year's London Games. In an effort to boost the chance of readmission for 2020, the international baseball and softball federations are merging.
IOC President Jacques Rogge says baseball...
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28 days ago
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MLB creates task force on diversity
Major League Baseball has created a task force to address the declining number of African-Americans playing the sport.
MLB commissioner Bud Selig announced the 18-person On-Field Diversity Task Force Wednesday, with a stated mission of focusing on "the myriad issues influencing on-field diversity at all levels of baseball."
USA Today reported this week that the proportion...
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April 10, 2013
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Bud Selig reportedly working to increase amount of African-American players in MLB
The amount of African-American players on Major League Baseball opening day rosters this season was historically low. Only 7.7% of the players on all 30 MLB rosters are African-American, which is the lowest percentage since the Boston Red Sox became the final team to integrate their roster in 1959. Bud Selig is hoping to change that in the near future. According to USA Today Sports...
SJ mayor seeks meeting with Selig
Saying he hopes to keep the matter out of the courts, San Jose Mayor Chuck Reed has requested a meeting with Major League Baseball Commissioner Bud Selig to discuss the Oakland A's pursuit of a San Jose ballpark.
Reed's letter asking for the sit-down - sent on Tuesday - said a meeting would also help ''resolve any lingering issues about our commitment to having the...
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April 03, 2013
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BEST OF THE BEST
Selig envisions real 'World Series'
MLB commissioner Bud Selig said he hopes baseball will someday have an actual World Series, where the MLB's champion takes on another nation.
Photo: Jose Canseco’s painting of Bud Selig is interesting
When I first heard that Jose Canseco painted a picture of Bud Selig, I was almost certain that it would look like a bird. Oh was I ever wrong. Also, I am pretty certain that my son drew something that looks exactly like what Jose painted. What the hell is that? And yes, Jose is selling this to anyone that wants to buy it. There is nothing this man won’t do in order to make money. @JoseCanseco
STOP THE FUN
Selig rips celebration tradition
Champagne celebrations have become a huge part of the MLB playoffs over the years, and this is apparently something commissioner Bud Selig is not happy about.
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