Setting An Agenda
Since David Pinto was kind enough to link me in a post yesterday, I just wanted to welcome anyone visiting from Baseball Musings. Thanks for stopping by and make sure you check back regularly. Now that I've had more time to reflect on what it is I want to do with this blog, I thought I would share it with you, my readers.
Next season promises to be a big one for baseball. On the political front, Major League Baseball faces the prospects of a federally-mandated drug testing program complete with harsh penalties for violators. Off the field, the owners and the players are fast reaching the end of the last Collective Bargaining Agreement. On December 19, 2006, the current Basic Agreement Between the 30 Major League Clubs and Major League Baseball Players Association will expire. So this season, we'll be hearing all about the negotiations and issues that crop up. Finally, in front offices across the country, general manager turnover is garnering more attention that usually. Sabermetrics-minded GMs such as Theo Epstein and Paul DePodesta have recently found themselves out of jobs. Epstein's situation proved that maybe, just maybe, there's someone worse as a boss than George Steinbrenner.
So I thought maybe Theo (or Paul or someone other than Bud Selig) should be Commissioner. Why not? He's bright. He's young. He's energetic. And he brings an outsider's persona to the office. No more Bud and the owner's cabal. Theo comes from no union background; he comes from no owner's background. He would be as impartial a commissioner as we could hope. He knows the game; he knows business and law. Why not?
This blog will not necessarily always be an explanation of why Theo should be the Commissioner. Rather, it will be my efforts to keep up with Bud and the politics of the game as it heads into what promises to be something of a tumultuous year. I'll be checking up on Theo too. Because, hey, we fans can dream that maybe one day, the commissioner will be someone qualified to lead an impartial office, and that someone just might be Theo Epstein.
Next season promises to be a big one for baseball. On the political front, Major League Baseball faces the prospects of a federally-mandated drug testing program complete with harsh penalties for violators. Off the field, the owners and the players are fast reaching the end of the last Collective Bargaining Agreement. On December 19, 2006, the current Basic Agreement Between the 30 Major League Clubs and Major League Baseball Players Association will expire. So this season, we'll be hearing all about the negotiations and issues that crop up. Finally, in front offices across the country, general manager turnover is garnering more attention that usually. Sabermetrics-minded GMs such as Theo Epstein and Paul DePodesta have recently found themselves out of jobs. Epstein's situation proved that maybe, just maybe, there's someone worse as a boss than George Steinbrenner.
So I thought maybe Theo (or Paul or someone other than Bud Selig) should be Commissioner. Why not? He's bright. He's young. He's energetic. And he brings an outsider's persona to the office. No more Bud and the owner's cabal. Theo comes from no union background; he comes from no owner's background. He would be as impartial a commissioner as we could hope. He knows the game; he knows business and law. Why not?
This blog will not necessarily always be an explanation of why Theo should be the Commissioner. Rather, it will be my efforts to keep up with Bud and the politics of the game as it heads into what promises to be something of a tumultuous year. I'll be checking up on Theo too. Because, hey, we fans can dream that maybe one day, the commissioner will be someone qualified to lead an impartial office, and that someone just might be Theo Epstein.
posted by The Commish at
2:39 AM
2 Comments:
Don't you know - Dubya only became president as a stepping stone to becoming Commissioner of baseball. With Condi as the NFL's commissioner, two of the biggest sports in the US will be under the control of the neocon cabal......Mwahahahahahahaha
lol
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Anonymous, at 3:47 AM
well, the problem is that the owners do NOT want what is best for baseball, they want what is best for THEM. best i can tell, they don't think the 2 are the same. and i still think they want to get even with the players for escaping from the old slave like conditions and getting paid.
so it makes no sense that the owners would pick somebody they think is not more on their side.
i hope they don't start up with the oh the teams are losing money and the players it's all their fault horse stuff again
lisa gray
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