Read more Bud Selig stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/1162/bud-selig.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 6:24:14 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/72675/november-baseballs-a-farce.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagIsn’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,...http://www.newser.com/story/72675/november-baseballs-a-farce.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 27 Oct 2009 15:06:19 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/65414/mlb-chief-weighs-pardon-for-pete-rose.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagPete 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...http://www.newser.com/story/65414/mlb-chief-weighs-pardon-for-pete-rose.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 27 Jul 2009 13:42:43 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/59355/world-series-games-get-earlier-start-time.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFor 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...http://www.newser.com/story/59355/world-series-games-get-earlier-start-time.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 18 May 2009 10:36:16 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/50690/selig-a-rod-shamed-the-game.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagBud 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...http://www.newser.com/story/50690/selig-a-rod-shamed-the-game.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 13 Feb 2009 7:23:47 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/50469/canseco-calls-for-major-league-drug-summit.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFormer 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...http://www.newser.com/story/50469/canseco-calls-for-major-league-drug-summit.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 11 Feb 2009 3:06:37 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/41217/fox-vetoes-world-series-day-game.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWith all the late starts and later finishes plaguing the World Series, many are pining for an old-fashioned day game—including Bud Selig. The commish says he’d love to schedule an afternoon contest, if only Fox would let him. But the network insists on starting in prime time, when it...http://www.newser.com/story/41217/fox-vetoes-world-series-day-game.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 29 Oct 2008 12:00:00 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/41170/bookies-call-game-5-for-phillies.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagGame 5 of the World Series is stuck in a rain-soaked limbo in Philadelphia but it's all over in Vegas, the Las Vegas Review-Journal reports. Nevada gaming ‘house rules’ state that a canceled game reverts to the score of the last finished inning, making it a 2-1 victory for the...http://www.newser.com/story/41170/bookies-call-game-5-for-phillies.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 29 Oct 2008 5:01:30 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/40627/mlbs-young-stars-will-stamp-series.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe recent woes of the Philadelphia Phillies and the Tampa Bay Rays belie what could be a truly classic World Series, the New York Times reports. With 13 of 16 starting position players under 30 and each team's ace only 24 years old, the future of baseball could be on...http://www.newser.com/story/40627/mlbs-young-stars-will-stamp-series.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 22 Oct 2008 11:29:11 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/28319/players-ok-more-drug-tests.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagBaseball players agreed to more frequent drug tests yesterday and gave more clout to the drug program's independent administrator, the AP reports. The tougher guidelines follow recommendations made in the Mitchell Report and mark the third time the league has toughened its doping policy since 2002—each time under the...http://www.newser.com/story/28319/players-ok-more-drug-tests.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSat, 24 May 2008 9:44:15 CDT