4 more years of Good Ol'e Bud

gdm426 — Fri, 18 Jan 2008 08:06:58 -0000

what does the rest of VEB think about Bud being commish till 2012?

just wondering what the VEB community thinks about this. just when i thought he was on his way out, they (the owners) reel him back in.

i for one do not like this. i've never liked Bud & i never will. he has single handedly ruined the game i love so much & raised it to a whole new level,

AT THE SAME TIME

during his time in charge fan attendance has never been higher. tv ratings are equally as high. player salary's have blown the freaking roof right off. there are now 30 teams in Major League Baseball. to the dismay of many he added a wild card to the playoff system. all that's done is add an extra level of excitement to the months of September & October.

but also under his watchful eye, PED's have been thrust to the forefront of the baseball world. this is one of the the darkest time's for the game we all love so much. congress is holding hearings trying to find out who's responsible. the FBI is trying to get players to wear wires in hopes of ratting out other players. hall of fame career's of many players have been ruined, rightly or wrongly depending on what side of the fence you reside on.

why did all this happen? money. cash. coin. jack. moolah. the almighty dollar. players wanted it. owners really wanted it. so every one turned their heads the other way while players got huge, and home runs got out of control. suddenly 2nd baseman were taking 99 miles per hour fast balls on the outside corner & turning them into opposite field, upper tank home runs. can you honestly blame a AAA player who was on the cusp of making the big league club for taking the needle in the mid 90's? i can't. i would have done the same damn thing.

truly these are the best of times for baseball. and the worst of times for baseball. and most of it is thanks to that used car salesman from Milwaukee.

Bud Selig.

like it or not, we are stuck with him till 2012.

And The Drama Contines

gdm426 — Wed, 14 Nov 2007 10:12:44 -0000

with all the diary restrictions i hope a topic about the new scotty rolen article by joe strauss is diary worthy. i said this at the end of yesterday's main page entry, so if you kill it lboros it wont hurt my feelings one bit.

scotty's officially on the trading block. gee, tell us something we didn't know joe.

http://www.stltoday.com/stltoday/sports/stories.nsf/cardinals/story/00B301FCAA429C6A8625739300169280 ?OpenDocument

actually its a good read with a lot of good stuff from MO. in short the Cards wont move scotty unless they get some team to pay him most of the $36Million he's owed. AND they get an equal return for scotty. quoting MO "Rolen and his agents have to understand what our return must be to even consider moving someone of Scott's talent."

so it sounds like unless they get a "star plyer" in return & get the team to pay most of scotty's salary, then he ain't going any where. translation? he ain't going any where.

which could be a bad thing considering he's really, really mad at Tony because Tony wrote him a letter telling scotty what he needed to do in order for him to be the player he once was.

tough cookies scotty. shut up & prove to every one you are healthy & able to produce like you used to be able to. then maybe the Cards can trade you. until then you aren't going any where.

i hope the $36 MILLION DAMN DOLLARS you are going to make over the next 3 years for being an overreated bench player will help you sleep at night.

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4 more years of Good Ol'e Bud

And The Drama Contines