Another Mistake By Selig

Bud Selig's reign as Commmissioner of Major League Baseball will end at the conclusion of the World Series. There are some MLB lackeys in the media who are espousing Selig's induction into the Hall of Fame. In my opinion, Selig has been a disaster.

Oh the owners have made gobs of money, but the game has suffered. Interleague play is a joke. It has lessened the excitement of the All-Star Game and has taken some luster off of the World Series. 

Let's not forget the nonsense of the league winning the All-Star Game getting home field advantage in the World Series. It's a mockery. There was nothing wrong with alternating home field advantage as has been done for a hundred years. But Selig had to get people interested in an all-star game which was the best of all the major sports but has become no longer special due to interleague play. 

Of course, there is the use of steroids and PEDs which Major League Baseball knew about and are lying to say otherwise. Let's not forget, baseball was coming off the 1994 strike and was losing attendance. So then in 1997 we get the home run chase between Mark McGwire and Sammy Sosa. Both of whom were in the middle of the steroid controversy. 

One of the beauties of baseball is that it is not a sprint but a marathon. Usually the best team wins. The cream rises to the top. But now we have good old Bud adding a second wild card game and as a result we now have two wild card teams in the World Series for the first time. Who cares if you win your division. Baseball has turned into every other major sport. Just get in the playoffs and anything can happen. 

Bud Selig has damaged the game of baseball more so than Pete Rose ever did. He damaged it more than Barry Bonds, McGwire or Sosa. The additional wild card team in each league is another example of Selig putting the almighty dollar over the integrity of the game.