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
We will move forward with the ownership committee and club approval expeditiously, ... In the time since he has become an investor in the team, I have gotten to know Stu and have been impressed with his acumen and enthusiasm.
The president isn't bad, in fact he's pretty good.
We're trying to move as fast as possible. We've got eight great groups, and they are still submitting lots of information. When we know, it will get announced quickly.
We have the toughest program now in American sports, ... and I'm proud of that.
We need to toughen the penalties, ... We need to go 50 games (suspension for the first offense), 100 games (for the second), life (for the third). We need to go to independent testing.
We know that we have to work to do, ... We'll continue to intensify our efforts. I'm very aware, I'm extremely sensitive about it, and I feel badly about it. But we need to get to work to change things.
Unfortunately, ... that was ... five months ago.
There is no question but that the positive shelf life of a new stadium has shrunk considerably. The new parks in themselves can't be a long-term or mid-term panacea for the problems.
We've got eight great groups, and they're still submitting a lot of information, ... But when we know, believe me, that will get announced quickly.
While I would prefer to resolve this problem directly to the Players Association and jointly implement a much stronger drug-testing policy, one modeled after our program in the minor leagues, I gladly will accept whatever help is offered by Senator McCain to achieve our ultimate goal,
If a player has a physical problem, I understand.
I don't think people realize how big this is going to be, ... I don't know if I'll be around, but years from now it will be really big. It has huge potential.
For whatever one wants to say, from 1998 on we've come as a sport a long way. I can only deal with the present and the future.
Given the very unique circumstances of the situation, I believe their request is a reasonable one and would have no adverse effect on any other club. Therefore, I have determined that the game will not be played.