You made how much last year Mr. Selig... $18.3...? Oh, right. Five. $18.35 mil.
Bud Selig made his obligatory comments about the A-Rod PED scandal on behalf of Major League Baseball yesterday:
“What Alex did was wrong and he will have to live with the damage he has done to his name and reputation,” the commissioner said Thursday, three days after the Yankees star admitted using banned substances from 2001-2003 while playing for the Texas Rangers. While Alex deserves credit for publicly confronting the issue, there is no valid excuse for using such substances, and those who use them have shamed the game.”
It’s clear that even the simple-minded fool knew what was going on by the mid to late 90’s. Yet, the commish did nothing about it. He should be held to some level of responsibility for what has happened under his watch.
The sport, as a whole, was growing too much. They came out of the strike year and in just a few seasons the nation was captivated by the McGuire and Sosa show.
If you think about it, what should have Selig done even knowing 100% that Sosa and McGuire were juicing? Selig must have just been praying that they only got to 60 homers. This whole thing is about the record books. Baseball’s records are the most cherished in all of sports. The single most sacred of these records? The home run crown. Uh-oh.
It’s tough to walk away from $20 million but Selig needs to step down. He has made a mockery of the game that was suppose to have the most tradition and honor of any of our major sports. Yes, A-Rod has shamed not only his own name but baseball as a whole. Still, isn’t this the perfect example of the pot calling the kettle black.
