Graziano in the Ledger throws it out there that Selig is a great commissioner. Whoa hold on there pal.
Yeah it’s fun that the Rays are in the World Series and that the Brewers made the playoffs but let’s calm down a little before we start ignoring the last 15 years.
Everyone knows the list but I wil bore you with it anyway. In no particular order:
1. Clemens. Everyone kidded themselves. All you had to do was look at him.
2. Bonds. Congrats, both Home Run records are now tarnished and we’re hoping A-Rod of all people can be the home run king.
3. McGwire. Heads in the sand to sell tickets. Ditto Sosa.
4. Interleague Play. It sucks. Yeah it’s halfway fun when the Mets play the Yankees and a bunch of similar matchups, but it’s not more exciting than Yankees-Sox is or Mets-Phils should be.
5. The dopey three divisions and Wild Card. All the Wild Card does is allow teams that suck or are (undermanaged by Bobby Valentine) to stick around and kid themselves. Oh, and it adds a lame round of playoffs.
6. 11pm playoff games. Remember that one?
7. 5am opening day! Remember those?
8. The leagues still haven’t reconciled the DH. That should be solved in 5 minutes. Flip a coin. Expand the rosters to 26 to shut the union up. Just decide.
Anyone of a certain age knows the game was much better in 1978 than it was in 2008. Selig is horrible.
