Bud Selig
Bud Selig
Allan Huber "Bud" Seligis an American baseball executive who currently serves as the Commissioner Emeritus of Baseball. Previously, he served as the ninth Commissioner of Baseball. He initially served as the acting commissioner beginning in 1992 before being named the official commissioner in 1998. Selig oversaw baseball through the 1994 strike, the introduction of the wild card, interleague play, and the merging of the National and American Leagues under the Office of the Commissioner. He was instrumental in organizing the...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionSports Executive
Date of Birth30 July 1934
CityMilwaukee, WI
CountryUnited States of America
I don't want to embarrass him. We've played trivia for a long time. He's good, but... That's all I'll say.
I believe if we had done it earlier, there would be no question about that. But I don't know the answer today.
I can't think of an analogous situation, ... A player goes out on the field, tosses cameramen around - not one, not twice, but three times - unprovoked by these people, by his own admission. To me, that is just absolutely unacceptable.
I don't think that's true at all. There's no facts to support that and we're doing everything we can. We've taken care of the present future. Senator Mitchell has complete autonomy to go do whatever he has to do, wherever he has to go. In the meantime our minor league program is in its sixth year.
Do I wish we could have done this a year or two ago? Of course. The political process, as those of you from the Baltimore-Washington area know, moves slowly.
The Oakland club is in the midst of trying to get a stadium built in their area. We're clearly not going to expand. Frankly, there are people who think we've expanded too much. I hope for at least the time being that we have status quo.
I told our people, 'No more 10 p.m. starts,' ... That's the end of it.
It's all in place. It's something we have to look at next year.
I told you so. You say it for me.
It's impossible. You see it, but it's still impossible.
It is the start of the season, and I look for this to be the biggest season in Major League Baseball history. I believe we will set an attendance record (this season). The sport has never been more popular, I'm very proud of where we are today, and this should be a remarkable year in terms of both competitive balance and attendance.
They were obviously illegal. It should be a subject of this investigation.
The thing is not what only happens in this country, what happens all over the world.
once and for all deal with the integrity issue. There's no question there was an integrity issue.