Time for Bud Selig to step down.
Bud Selig has been the commissioner for the Steroid Era. It’s time for him to turn the reigns over to someone else. Fay Vincent doesn’t look so much like a cranky old man now, does he? Where’s Bart Giamatti when you need him?
Bud spoke to USA Today. (http://www.usatoday.com/sports/baseball/2009-02-11-selig-rodriguez-suspension_N.htm). Bud is thinking about suspending A-Rod.
Will he suspend the other 103 players? Whatever happened to privacy and anonymity?
Are we really going to have 103 players (or however many are active) sit out 50 games?
In the same article Bud talks about reinstating Hank Aaron as the home run champion.
Asterisks, huh? That didn’t make sense for 61* and it doesn’t make sense now.
The ball flew over the fence, it’s a home run. Deal with it.
Below is the section for “Most Home Runs In A Season” from the Baseball Record Book (Selig Edition)
Bonds 73*
McGwire 70*
Sosa 66*
McGwire 65*
Sosa 64*
Sosa 63*
Maris 61
Ruth 60** (154 games new double asterisk)
Gotta be honest, looking down that list a little further I’m seeing a bunch of names from the 1930’s, some suspects like Luis Gonzales (57) and that 58 Ryan Howard hit in 2006 really catches my eye.
Brian Cashman said, “No one can wave a magic wand and make it all go away.”
As Howie Rose would say, “Put it in the books” and move on.
