Bud Selig is the worst commissioner there has ever been, in any sport. He is an absolute boob. I understand the fact that he is basically an owners puppet but some of the things that have happened under his watch make me so angry that they let this moron ruin the game that was pretty much untouchable. The Great American Pastime. But he managed to screw it up. Here are some that make my blood boil:

1. The All-Star Game Fiasco, in his home park none the less. Baseball games DO NOT END IN A TIE!!!!! YOU F’ING DORK!!!!! I don’t care that it is an exhibition. If you paid the huge price to watch that thing live, and then it ends in a tie because we can’t stress the player and risk injury. SHUT UP!!!! PLAY THE DAMN GAME TIL THERE IS A WINNER. Than his brilliant solution to this is:
2. This time, it means something. Are you kidding me. His brainstorm of making the All Star game determine home field in the World Series. What a crappy idea. Why not have regular season, on the field wins and losses determine that.
3. The special memorabilia driven whoring of the league. Special colored and serialized baseballs so you can authenticated the item, talk about pandering to the money.
4. The worst is this. He canceled the World Series. Prior to that it had only been because of a small thing called World War 2.

Interleague Play - this is an issue that I think needs to be discussed on its own. I do not like it anymore. Boob Selig trying to force “natural rivals” has no clue about rivalries at all. rivalries cannot be forced, they just happen. And the ones you are trying to force don’t make much sense. Seattle and San Diego? Marlins and Rays? Come on. Yankees v Dodgers is more of a rivalry than Yanks v Mets. I know they are inter city and all but how about some history and thought around this. The blatent attempt to get more people in the seats and make more money is so much of a beating I can’t look past it anymore. The joy of only playing the other league in the World Series gave it some flair and the element of surprise. I don’t want to see American league pitchers bat. That is why they are in the American League, they don’t hit.

Finally, the sweetest words that can be uttered concerning baseball:

THE NEW YORK YANKEES ARE IN LAST PLACE!!!!!!!!!

Tags: Bud Selig, Interleague, mlb, new york yankees