who SHOULD be commish of baseball?

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pick or suggest one

george mitchell
bob costas
hank aaron
sandy alderson
cal ripken
fay vincent
bill james
paul giamatti

― j blount (papa la bas), Monday, 3 April 2006 17:20 (twenty years ago)

Roy Cohn

― David R. (popshots75`), Monday, 3 April 2006 17:22 (twenty years ago)

Dr. Red Top Mountain Landis

― chocolate kuegelhopf (Garrett Martin), Monday, 3 April 2006 17:27 (twenty years ago)

I though George Michael was the top name and I was like HELL YEAH, but really anyone not-Bud Selig is okay by me.

― Alex in SF (Alex in SF), Monday, 3 April 2006 17:27 (twenty years ago)

Bill "Spaceman" Lee

― Steve Shasta (Steve Shasta), Monday, 3 April 2006 17:29 (twenty years ago)

w/ Mark Fidrych as his #1.

― David R. (popshots75`), Monday, 3 April 2006 17:30 (twenty years ago)

Eric Bischoff's not busy right now

― chocolate kuegelhopf (Garrett Martin), Monday, 3 April 2006 17:32 (twenty years ago)

isaiah thomas

― j blount (papa la bas), Monday, 3 April 2006 17:36 (twenty years ago)

~~Condi Rice~~

― NoTimeBeforeTime (Barry Bruner), Monday, 3 April 2006 17:37 (twenty years ago)

Jack Abramoff

― David R. (popshots75`), Monday, 3 April 2006 17:39 (twenty years ago)

Batman

― David R. (popshots75`), Monday, 3 April 2006 17:39 (twenty years ago)

it can't be Captain America, unless they wanna look hypocritical on the 'roids front

― chocolate kuegelhopf (Garrett Martin), Monday, 3 April 2006 17:43 (twenty years ago)

Jim Bouton or Sidd Finch

― Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Monday, 3 April 2006 17:55 (twenty years ago)

bouton would be a great commish and is probably the man the owners would be least likely to allow to be commish.

― j blount (papa la bas), Monday, 3 April 2006 18:28 (twenty years ago)

Serious question: what are the chances that Prez Bush pushes for the job after 2008? This seems inevitable, no?

― NoTimeBeforeTime (Barry Bruner), Monday, 3 April 2006 18:34 (twenty years ago)

I was just going to say that, actually.

― jaymc (jaymc), Monday, 3 April 2006 18:36 (twenty years ago)

Bouton probably wouldn't even joke about banning people.

― Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Monday, 3 April 2006 18:38 (twenty years ago)

darrin fletcher

― mark p (Mark P), Monday, 3 April 2006 19:12 (twenty years ago)

Count me in on the 'It's gonna be Bush' train. :(

― tylero (tylero), Monday, 3 April 2006 19:48 (twenty years ago)

I can see the headlines:

March 1, 2010
MLB TO ABOLISH WILD CARD
"I told you that history would prove me right", proclaims Commissioner Bush

― NoTimeBeforeTime (Barry Bruner), Monday, 3 April 2006 19:52 (twenty years ago)

There's no commish like no commish.

― Big Willy and the Twins (miloaukerman), Monday, 3 April 2006 19:55 (twenty years ago)

again, let's hear it for michael chiklis!

― jonathan quayle higgins (j.q. higgins), Monday, 3 April 2006 20:05 (twenty years ago)

BALCO

― Chex Dwarf (sanskrit), Monday, 3 April 2006 20:27 (twenty years ago)

I would support Commissioner Bush in his eradication of the wild card.

― Pleasant Plains /// (Pleasant Plains ///), Monday, 3 April 2006 20:35 (twenty years ago)

Larry Bowa!

― ojitarian (ojitarian), Tuesday, 4 April 2006 02:32 (twenty years ago)

Ian McShane

― polyphonic (polyphonic), Tuesday, 4 April 2006 16:08 (twenty years ago)

Ian MacKaye (circa Minor Threat, natch)

― David R. (popshots75`), Tuesday, 4 April 2006 16:10 (twenty years ago)

"Straight Edge" is the natural next step after the successful elimination of greenies and steroids.

― polyphonic (polyphonic), Tuesday, 4 April 2006 16:11 (twenty years ago)

Pay Rickey!

― c(''c) (Leee), Tuesday, 4 April 2006 17:44 (twenty years ago)

eight years pass...

I didn't look for a 'lol Reinsdorf' thread

...Bud Selig, who has run the sport with a firm grip for 20 years and plans to step down in January at 80, has orchestrated his succession plan with secret meetings that, several owners said, have left little doubt about his wishes. Mr. Selig, they believe, would like the sport’s 30 owners to anoint his deputy, Rob Manfred, as baseball’s next commissioner.

But as Mr. Selig’s final season unfolds, Mr. Manfred’s candidacy is meeting turbulence from an unexpected antagonist: Jerry Reinsdorf, the 78-year-old owner of the Chicago White Sox and long one of Mr. Selig’s most loyal allies in the game. Mr. Reinsdorf has broken ranks and tried to upend the plan to slide Mr. Manfred into the commissioner’s office on Park Avenue, several owners say.

In discussions with other owners, Mr. Reinsdorf has raised questions about Mr. Selig’s transparency as commissioner and argued that Mr. Selig should play only an advisory role in picking his successor. Mr. Reinsdorf argued that, unlike owners who have hundreds of millions of dollars invested in their teams, Mr. Selig has no ownership in the game after he retires.

“What I have said about Rob is none of your business,” Mr. Reinsdorf said in a telephone interview, interjecting an expletive....

Mr. Reinsdorf began agitating last year with a few other owners, proposing that he and two others should run the league instead of having one full-time commissioner. He has also contended that Mr. Selig was not transparent enough with owners. Making Mr. Manfred the next commissioner, Mr. Reinsdorf has argued, would only continue such practices.

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/05/23/sports/baseball/baseball-lords-vexed-by-plan-for-a-new-king.html

― images of war violence and historical smoking (Dr Morbius), Friday, 23 May 2014 18:12 (eleven years ago)

two months pass...

Looks like Rob Manfred is the new commish, according to "media reports"

― polyphonic, Thursday, 14 August 2014 22:01 (eleven years ago)

http://sports.cbsimg.net/images/visual/whatshot/133935582.jpg

― polyphonic, Thursday, 14 August 2014 22:02 (eleven years ago)

@BNightengale
It was a unanimous vote Arte Moreno aays

Aay

― Andy K, Thursday, 14 August 2014 22:32 (eleven years ago)

well since Werner was the "get tough with the players" choice we shd be happy

― son of a lewd monk (Dr Morbius), Friday, 15 August 2014 00:24 (eleven years ago)

If Manfred won over Reinsdorf and Arte (who were holding out for Werner) though...

― OH MY GOD HE'S OOGLEEE (Leee), Friday, 15 August 2014 01:20 (eleven years ago)

the thought of tom werner getting tough with anyone is seriously unfathomable to me.

― call all destroyer, Friday, 15 August 2014 01:46 (eleven years ago)

well the last two guys who tried to strongarm the MLBPA were Selig and Bowie Kuhn, so...

― son of a lewd monk (Dr Morbius), Friday, 15 August 2014 01:54 (eleven years ago)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cOrxTBRvCHA

selig comes off like a friggin mma fighter compared to this guy.

― call all destroyer, Friday, 15 August 2014 01:57 (eleven years ago)

How is Jerry Reinsdorf a loser? Let me count the ways.

― mookieproof, Friday, 15 August 2014 13:53 (eleven years ago)

Is the succession immediate, or is Selig commish until the end of the season or something?

― Cindy Operahouse (WilliamC), Friday, 15 August 2014 15:51 (eleven years ago)

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