Theo For Commissioner
A few comments over at the popular Baseball Musings got me thinking. Baseball has suffered under Bud Selig long enough. And now that the ex-Red Sox Boy Wonder General Manager Theo Epstein is out of a job, why not make him commissioner? He isn't part of the owner's cabal. He's young and clearly talented. He's seemingly everything Bud Selig isn't.
So as Theo Epstein faces the prospects of a career away from baseball (or at least the northeast rivalry) and Bud Selig faces the prospects of a collective bargaining nightmare in 2006, I'll be chronicling the two. Just who would be a better commission: the guy who helped construct a team that brought the Boston Red Sox their first World Series
posted by The Commish at
3:29 PM
4 Comments:
God, I hate sticking up for Bud. I really do. It pains me in a way that is hard to describe. However, there are a couple of errors in your post that clearly need addressing.
1. The Red Sox were one of the dominant teams in the AL during the first 2 decades of the 20th Century. They went a long time between WS titles (1918-2004), so Theo didn't bring the Beantowners their first WS ever.
2. Regarding the All-Star Game debacle, what would have had Bad Hair Bud do? He didn't have any choices left to him by the managers who used every pitcher because of the prevailing feeling that 'everyone should play in the All-Star Game.' You want to go after BHB for stupidity? Fine. I'm all for that. I've written about it myself. Just make sure that what you're slapping him stupid for is correct.
Things that Bud has inflicted on The Game that deserve our scorn is the notion that having the All-Star Game 'count,' for example. What a truly stupid idea and counter-intuitive to logic.
Best of luck on your new blog. I'll be following with interest.
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The Bench Jockey, at 4:35 PM
To start with, even though Bud isn't
technically an owner now, no owner
should be allowed to be a commissioner. He is still entangled
with this very small club of guys
that keep recycling themselves. We
need someone new.
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susan mullen, at 5:01 PM
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susan mullen, at 5:02 PM
Why would the owners want to hire an impartial commissioner? As long as its the owners only who pay his salary, I expect Bud to be around for A LONG LONG time. Players should negotiate the right to have a say in picking the commissioner and in paying for his salary.
Theo would make a great commish. So would Frank Robinson. So would practically anyone that is not an owner or is not a former used car salesman.
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Wild Duck of CT, at 9:31 PM
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