Except the Pirates.

I would like to see some new blood as the commissioner. I’m tired of Selig’s used car salesman schtick. While I like the realignment and wild card changes he introduced, those were done quite a while ago. I don’t think Selig’s been good for the long-term success of baseball for a while.

You will of course note that Selig has his eyes closed and is grimacing. That’s because he’s praying furiously, and trying to send a telepathic message to LaRussa, since there are no guarantees Tony is going to come up with the correct answer.

And that’s the twofold problem here. The fact there’s just in general a substance abuse problem in baseball, and the fact that baseball as an institution hasn’t the foggiest notion what to do about it.

In a perfect world (which this isn’t), MLB would get a big surprise from the fans this year when people reacted to the Mitchell Report by showing up in record numbers at ballparks across the country, cleverly disguised as empty seats. I’m not holding my breath, and in fact it would surprise me if attendance took a dive as a result of the whole PED issue – but it ought to. If it doesn’t, MLB should consider itself fortunate that so many of its fans are too preoccupied with other things to give a flying (expletive deleted).

JK

He’s been horrible for “real” baseball fans. The traditions and integrity of the game have been horribly overlooked under his reign. Sure numbers and attendance have gone up… casual fans like Bud’s game, because has increasingly become more and more like other sports.