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Bud Selig Biography

Allan Huber "Bud" Selig (/ˈsiːlɪɡ/; born July 30, 1934) is an American baseball executive who currently serves as the Commissioner Emeritus of Baseball. Previously, he served as the ninth Commissioner of Baseball. He initially served as the acting commissioner beginning in 1992 before being named the official commissioner in 1998. Selig oversaw baseball through the 1994 strike, the introduction of the wild card, interleague play, and the merging of the National and American Leagues under the Office of the Commissioner. He was instrumental in organizing the World Baseball Classic in 2006. Selig also introduced revenue sharing. He is credited for the financial turnaround of baseball during his tenure with a 400 percent increase in the revenue of MLB and annual record breaking attendance.

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Major League Baseball is a national institution and we take our responsibilities seriously when it comes to how the game affects the lives of American youth.

Baseball, Games, League, Lives, Responsibility

You mean guys don't get injured in spring training? Guys get hurt walking down the street. All the managers, pitching coaches (are) very sensitive. Look, you can always pick at something, but there's a broader picture, a grander picture.

Hurt, Mean, Picture, Spring

I do have a lot of concerns but I am happy to say the Mets aren't one of them.

Concern, Concerns, Happy, Mets, Say

The greatest country in the history of the world being attacked. So all of this doesn't mean very much today.

Country, History, Mean, Sports, Today, World

I don't know how we could use it to improve the job that umpires do,. . . The human element in sport has always been a big part of the game. I'm a football fan, too, and I hate instant replay in the NFL. Football games are taking four hours.

Big, Football, Four, Jobs, Nfl, Sports

Money has to be put in the way a club feels it should. If you put money in a new ballpark, that helps to generate revenue so you can spend more money. It should be spent to make the club's operations the best. That will help in the end, and it will mean enhanced payroll.

Clubs, Feels, Generate, Mean, Way

How lucky have we been that the face of baseball for the past two decades, through ups and downs, has been Derek Jeter.

Baseball, Decades, Face, Jeter, Past, Two

I want to be my usual painstaking, cautious, slow, conservative self in analyzing it.

Cautious, Painstaking, Self, Usual, Want

The one thing we know today is we can't continue to do business the way we have in the past.

Business, Continue, Past, Today, Way

The appetite for more instant replay in the sport is very low.

Appetite, Instant Replay, Low, Lows, Sport, Sports

On behalf of Major League Baseball, I am terribly saddened by the sudden passing of Kirby Puckett. He was a Hall of Famer in every sense of the term. He was revered throughout the country and will be remembered wherever the game is played. Kirby was taken from us much too soon — and too quickly.

Baseball, Country, Quickly, Taken, Throughout

So that there is no misunderstanding from my perspective, I will suspend any player who tests positive for an illegal steroid. There will be no exceptions. The (players) union is aware of that and they accept it.

Accept, Aware, Perspective, Player, Suspend, Unions

St. Louis is closer to Minneapolis than Milwaukee is.

Closer, Louis, Milwaukee, Minneapolis

You mean guys don't get injured in spring training? Guys get hurt walking down the street.

Down, Hurt, Mean, Spring, Walking

Major League Baseball has always recognized the influence that our stars can have on the youth of America. As such, we are concerned that recent revelations and allegations of steroid use have been sending a terrible message to young people.

America, Baseball, Concerned, Stars, Terrible