How will you remember Bud Selig?

Question

When Bud Selig's tenure as MLB commissioner is over, how will he be remembered?

Answer 1

For canceling the 1994 World Series and leaving the best Montreal Expos team on the sideline.

Answer 2

It seems to me that everybody will remember him as the most hated commissioner in Major League Baseball. And they all have thier own personal reasons why they hate him, no matter that he ended the 2002 all-star game in a tie, or canceling the 1994 World Seires. But what do you guys want Bud Selig to do, him and a buncjh of other people that are too old to play now, jump on the field, and play in the game? But think, have they had the same problem since then? No, because they have figured out a way to get the American League all excited to win these last 4-5 years.

Answer 3

For killing the Expos, the 1994 World Series and Tony Gwynn's shot at .400

Interleague play which I hate and the tied All-Star game in of all places Milwaukie.

Turning a blind eye to steroids and his leading the band of bozos in front of the congressional hearings about baseball supposedly not being able to make money and being shot down by Jesse "the Body" Ventura.

I did like his sticking to the Pete Rose decision though... But other than that...

Answer 4

Hopefully he will be remembered as a lame duck commissioner who did absolutely nothing for baseball. He's still in second place when it comes to the worst of the worst with baseball commissioners. That honor belongs to that idiot Bowie Kuhn.

Answer 5

Neither bold nor shy, but he rarely aimed small. Some of his actions flew, some crashed in smoking ruins (ahem 1994 ahem), and his entire term is not yet audited and settled.

To be certain I have no affection for him or his administration.

But the money has boomed, and he deserves some of the credit for that. Pretty much everything he did* aimed for big targets.

* As commissioner. As owner of the Brewers, he was pretty pathetic, as witness the on-field results outside of 1978-82.

Answer 6

Lazy
Non committed
Plays favorites
Not proactive
Bad listener
Only after his own interests
Practices cronyism
Uses bad judgement 75% of the time
Fans are his 2nd priority
Players are his 3rd priority
Bud Selig and the Brewers franchise are his 1st and only priority

Answer 7

I will remember him as a tool. I hate the guy. He is trying to keep the good old boys club alive in baseball. He will probably prevent anyone that isn't a friend from buying the Cubs. I just never really cared for him. And he acted like steroids were some new thing that he had never heard of when it started to break that they were widely abused in the sport.

Answer 8

He will be remembered as a good commissioner by his employers which are the team owners. Most fans don't like him for various reasons but we are not responsible for his compensation package either. Baseball revenues have increased each year under his watch and the game is strong. He was slow reacting to the drug issues but all of that involved bargaining issues with the Players Union and he could not make a unilateral decision involving the drug testing program.

EDIT:
Thank you Diane.

Answer 9

not letting the ASTROS keep the roof on minute maid park closed! that ruined the series for us! that is a huge advantage and he ruined it because in his mind "it was nice weather". he wouldnt have said that had the brewers made the series. oh and the strike...

Answer 10

As a traitor to the game for cancelling the 1994 postseason.