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...Selig, who helped negotiate the plan, is the owner of the Milwaukee Brewers. He also is the de facto commissioner of baseball, named so by the owners after their coup of Vincent...
...Selig is the ultimate symbol of what's wrong with baseball. He's a hypocrite of the first order, extolling the virtues of baseball's tradition while negotiating a plan to undo its sacred playoff system...
...Selig says he is just being realistic about baseball's mounting problems with finances and popularity. One supposes he should know about such problems from the way he has mismanaged his own franchise. The Brewers, in fact, currently have the worst record in the American League and a severely dwindling attendance. This in baseball-mad Milwaukee, where fan support for the Brewers has usually held strong through thick and thin...
...course, Selig has a lot of bad ideas. He was a strong supporter of the addition of two new team to the league this year, the Colorado Rockies and the Florida Marlins. These teams bought revenue to the owners, and minor league caliber baseball to Denver and Miami...
...strong commissioner would have stepped in and not permitted Werner to make these trades. Selig, however, has had nothing but praise for Werner. It figures...