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Friday, January 13, 2012

Report: Bud Selig to get a two-year extension

Exactly what it says on the tin.

Gamingboy Posted: January 13, 2012 at 07:22 AM | 16 comment(s) Login to Bookmark
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   1. bobm Posted: January 13, 2012 at 07:45 AM (#4035932)
I guess Bud Selig really wants to follow the path set by Landis and Giamatti as commissioner-for-life.
   2. Harveys Wallbangers Posted: January 13, 2012 at 07:59 AM (#4035936)
Is this really Bud not wanting to leave or the owners wanting to avoid having to find a replacement?

   3. Krusty Posted: January 13, 2012 at 09:11 AM (#4035968)
I still dream of a Commissioner Costas or Commissioner Gammons, but I'll happily take two more years of Commissioner Selig. He's grown into the role quite nicely.
   4. Mr Dashwood Posted: January 13, 2012 at 09:45 AM (#4035991)
Is this really Bud not wanting to leave or the owners wanting to avoid having to find a replacement?

We may never know. There is no obvious candidate among the owners, is there? Is there still a Chairman of the Executive Council distinct from the commissioner? Otherwise, they are left with either getting an outsider or appointing someone from within MLB offices, neither of which has worked out too well for the owners in the past.
   5. Jose is an Absurd Sultan Posted: January 13, 2012 at 10:03 AM (#4036009)
Why is this difficult?

Commissioner Wieters, it's the obvious choice.
   6. Tripon Posted: January 13, 2012 at 10:34 AM (#4036049)
I vote for Commissioner Frank McCourt. Can you imagine just how much equity he'll try to steal from the whole of baseball?
   7. GGIAS (aka Poster Nutbag) Posted: January 13, 2012 at 11:00 AM (#4036086)
I always figured it'd be Alderson
   8. Javy Joan Baez (chris h.) Posted: January 13, 2012 at 11:08 AM (#4036102)
#6: What about Commissioner Wilpon?
   9. Bob Tufts Posted: January 13, 2012 at 11:24 AM (#4036120)
It is impossible for Selig to turn down $ 20mm/year and the ability to be in the news every day and accept retirement and the relative irrelevance that comes with it.

I always liked Commissioner Gordon on "Batman".
   10. The District Attorney Posted: January 13, 2012 at 11:26 AM (#4036124)
I always liked Commissioner Gordon on "Batman".
The bumbling incompetent '60s TV version, or the man of quiet dignity Frank Miller/Christopher Nolan version?
   11. Bob Tufts Posted: January 13, 2012 at 11:55 AM (#4036162)
The bumbling incompetent '60s TV version


Yes. I'm not a fan of the post-apocalyptic movie versions of the caped crusader and prefer the camp TV show.
   12. Javy Joan Baez (chris h.) Posted: January 13, 2012 at 12:41 PM (#4036203)
I used to hate the camp TV show, but as I've aged I've developed quite an appreciation for it, and yeah, I loved that Gordon.

Having said that, I like Gary Oldman's take on the character. I also loved Gordon in "Year One" (wherein he is actually something of a badass).
   13. Javy Joan Baez (chris h.) Posted: January 13, 2012 at 12:42 PM (#4036205)
Also, the TV show had awesome jokes/riddles:

Q: There are three men on a boat with four cigarettes and no matches. How do they smoke?

A: They toss one of the cigarettes overboard, and the boat becomes a cigarette lighter!
   14. Gazizza, my Dilznoofuses! Posted: January 13, 2012 at 04:11 PM (#4036459)
Q: There are three men on a boat with four cigarettes and no matches. How do they smoke?

A: They toss one of the cigarettes overboard, and the boat becomes a cigarette lighter!


I logged in just to say how much I love that joke. Brilliant.
   15. Javy Joan Baez (chris h.) Posted: January 13, 2012 at 04:49 PM (#4036504)
I logged in just to say how much I love that joke. Brilliant.

I laughed so hard the first time I saw that episode, I thought I was going to pee myself.

But then, I'm a big fan of puns, as was my father before me. When the two of us get together, it's...not pretty.

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