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It Just Got Easier to Make the Playoffs in Baseball

John Johnson — Thu, 17 Nov 2011 17:39:57 CST

That soul-crushing loss by the Red Sox on the last game of the season this year might have been just another game had this been in effect a little earlier: Major League Baseball is adding two-wild card teams to the playoffs, maybe next year but by 2013 at the latest,...

Bud Selig Scuttles Dodgers' TV Deal, McCourt Divorce

Polly Davis Doig — Mon, 20 Jun 2011 18:33:56 CDT

Major League Baseball commissioner Bud Selig gave Dodgers' owner Frank McCourt a major league headache today after putting the kibosh on a proposed TV deal between the Dodgers and Fox—and simultaneously squashing McCourt's divorce deal from Jamie McCourt. Selig said the deal was "structured to facilitate the further diversion...

Fans Rejoice at Dodgers Takeover

Kevin Spak — Thu, 21 Apr 2011 13:38:11 CDT

There is general jubilation among Dodgers fans today, after Major League Baseball seized control of the team from wildly unpopular owner Frank McCourt. “Seven years here with the Boston Parking Lot Attendant and the Screaming Meanie, and clueless reporters are asking Dodgers officials Wednesday if this is the darkest day...

Just Reverse the Call, Bud!

Kevin Spak — Thu, 03 Jun 2010 11:22:41 CDT

The baseball world is up in arms over the blown call that cost Armando Galarraga his perfect game. So here's a radical idea: Why can't Bud Selig just reverse the dang call? “Only a grinch would protest such a thing,” writes Dave Sheinin of the Washington Post . And “if Selig...

November Baseball's a Farce

Kevin Spak — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 15:06:19 CDT

Isn’t the Fall Classic supposed to happen in the fall? Not this year. The World Series begins tomorrow night and, in case Bud Selig hasn’t noticed, it’s “never seemed more irrelevant,” writes Jay Mariotti. It’s simply too late in the year for baseball. “I can hear my body clock ticking,...

MLB Chief Weighs Pardon for Pete Rose

Matt Cantor — Mon, 27 Jul 2009 13:42:43 CDT

Pete Rose may yet have a shot at baseball’s Hall of Fame: Commissioner Bud Selig is weighing ending Rose’s lifetime ban for gambling on the sport, the New York Daily News reports. Hank Aaron, whose opinion counts heavily with Selig, told reporters over the weekend he’d like to see Rose...

World Series Games Get Earlier Start Time

Sarah Quinn — Mon, 18 May 2009 10:36:16 CDT

For the first time in 34 years, World Series games will start before 8pm in the East, USA Today reports. First pitches will be thrown at 7:57 (except on Sundays, due to broadcaster Fox’s NFL coverage); in recent years, the average was around 8:30, and games often ended...

Selig: A-Rod 'Shamed the Game'

Rob Quinn — Fri, 13 Feb 2009 07:23:47 CST

Bud Selig slammed Alex Rodriguez yesterday for "shaming the game" by using steroids, reports the AP. Angry words may be the only thing the MLB commissioner can use to punish the Yankees player, however, since his positive test was meant to be anonymous and took place years before the enactment...

Canseco Calls for Major League Drug Summit

Peter Fearon — Wed, 11 Feb 2009 03:06:37 CST

Former slugger Jose Canseco, who blew the lid off steroid use in two controversial books, is seeking to meet with baseball commissioner Bud Selig and union head Donald Fehr to discuss his plans to run drugs out of the game, reports AP. "I think I have the ear of the...