who is currently baseball's least likable figure?

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based on this Grant Brisbee column, comments, and the BP podcast today

http://www.baseballnation.com/2014/1/20/5328234/least-likable-figures-baseball

(no Bonds, no Lasorda, has to be active in the sport in some way)

Poll Results

Option	Votes
Bud Selig	12
Jeffrey Loria	7
Alex Rodriguez	5
Joe Buck	3
Scott Boras	1
A.J. Pieryznski	1
Angel Hernandez	0
Joe West	0
other	0

― eclectic husbandry (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 21 January 2014 17:07 (twelve years ago)

1) loria
2) selig

― christmas candy bar (al leong), Tuesday, 21 January 2014 17:21 (twelve years ago)

Huge gap between them and next dudes, but it has to be Selig for me.

― One bad call from barely losing to (Alex in SF), Tuesday, 21 January 2014 17:22 (twelve years ago)

Loria couldn't even exist with Selig.

― One bad call from barely losing to (Alex in SF), Tuesday, 21 January 2014 17:22 (twelve years ago)

loria easily

― le goon (J0rdan S.), Tuesday, 21 January 2014 17:22 (twelve years ago)

a rod is the most likable player in baseball

― le goon (J0rdan S.), Tuesday, 21 January 2014 17:23 (twelve years ago)

haha, you!

― eclectic husbandry (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 21 January 2014 17:23 (twelve years ago)

a-rod isn't even unlikable. he's provided so much joy with both skill and unintended comedy.

― christmas candy bar (al leong), Tuesday, 21 January 2014 17:24 (twelve years ago)

Neyer commented on this, for him it boils down to who would get booed in any MLB stadium, which leaves just ARod and Selig.

― NoTimeBeforeTime, Tuesday, 21 January 2014 17:54 (twelve years ago)

kevin millar

― johnny crunch, Tuesday, 21 January 2014 18:01 (twelve years ago)

Surpised Papelbon didn't make the list--he had a very good 2013 in terms of being unlikeable.

― clemenza, Tuesday, 21 January 2014 18:20 (twelve years ago)

kevin millar

GOT HEEM

― polyphonic, Tuesday, 21 January 2014 18:42 (twelve years ago)

well, it also involves having a high profile, which is why assorted bigots and woman-beaters didn't finish high.

― eclectic husbandry (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 21 January 2014 18:52 (twelve years ago)

I feel like you could make an argument for Puig, who I love.

― polyphonic, Tuesday, 21 January 2014 19:21 (twelve years ago)

Arod is a boob.
Selig is incompetent.
Loria is a downright villan.

― Porto for Pyros (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Tuesday, 21 January 2014 19:40 (twelve years ago)

David Samson is maybe worse than Loria

― polyphonic, Tuesday, 21 January 2014 19:51 (twelve years ago)

Recently, I had a nightmare in which I was at a Marlins game and struck up a conversation with someone in their front office. Loria happened to be sitting behind us and said, "He's good. He should be your assistant." The next morning, when I showed up for my first day on the job, Loria canned everyone but me, said "You figure it out," and split.

― Andy K, Tuesday, 21 January 2014 20:49 (twelve years ago)

I smell pilot.

― Neil Nosepicker (Leee), Tuesday, 21 January 2014 21:10 (twelve years ago)

I love AJ.

― Immediate Follower (NA), Tuesday, 21 January 2014 21:16 (twelve years ago)

how fitting

― eclectic husbandry (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 21 January 2014 22:15 (twelve years ago)

My favorite AJ moment is when he violently kneed Stan Conte in the balls for no reason. What a guy

― polyphonic, Tuesday, 21 January 2014 22:21 (twelve years ago)

Current Commissioner Bud Selig will receive the first Commissioner Bud Selig Leadership Award.

― mookieproof, Tuesday, 21 January 2014 22:39 (twelve years ago)

Can I change my answer?

― Andy K, Tuesday, 21 January 2014 22:54 (twelve years ago)

live with it

― eclectic husbandry (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 21 January 2014 23:01 (twelve years ago)

Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.

― System, Wednesday, 22 January 2014 00:01 (twelve years ago)

Related: Rob Neyer's semi-defense of Bowie Kuhn the other day:

http://www.baseballnation.com/2014/1/20/5326548/bowie-kuhn-baseball-commissioner-hall-fame

― clemenza, Wednesday, 22 January 2014 00:10 (twelve years ago)

As a resident of Montreal, gotta go with Loria.

― Van Horn Street, Wednesday, 22 January 2014 00:52 (twelve years ago)

in the whole a-rod vs the yankees fite about playing time i was 100% in support of them getting stuck with him as much as possible, sort of love him now, gr8 guy

― my whole family is catholic so look at the pickle i'm in (zachlyon), Wednesday, 22 January 2014 01:27 (twelve years ago)

Current Commissioner Bud Selig will receive the first Commissioner Bud Selig Leadership Award.

― mookieproof, Tuesday, January 21, 2014 5:39 PM (3 hours ago) Bookmark

came here to post that

― Hungry4Ass, Wednesday, 22 January 2014 01:44 (twelve years ago)

Cy Young never won a Cy Young Award lol

― action bronson pinchot (sanskrit), Wednesday, 22 January 2014 03:51 (twelve years ago)

for me it has to be Alex Rodriguez. i'm just so sick of him on so many levels.

― Bee OK, Wednesday, 22 January 2014 06:57 (twelve years ago)

So in case you missed it, Alex Rodriguez is suing his own union, which (understandably) has upset a fair number of his fellow union members. In fact, so upset that they (naturally) wondered if they might eject Rodriguez from the organization. Turns out they can't. But if he comes back they can throw pitches at him! So there's that.

― Bee OK, Wednesday, 22 January 2014 07:05 (twelve years ago)

well he's suspended the whole year so they'll have to throw baseballs at him in the parking lot or something

― frogbs, Wednesday, 22 January 2014 15:17 (twelve years ago)

does Coney still have Shoot the Freak?

― eclectic husbandry (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 22 January 2014 16:33 (twelve years ago)

Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.

― System, Thursday, 23 January 2014 00:01 (twelve years ago)

Does he win a Commissioner Bud Selig Leadership Award for this?

― clemenza, Thursday, 23 January 2014 00:33 (twelve years ago)

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