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Bleacher Report Speculates on a Selig Retirement
« on: September 26, 2013, 02:18:54 pm »
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Re: Bleacher Report Speculates on a Selig Retirement
« Reply #1 on: September 26, 2013, 03:51:30 pm »
This will be part of a joint announcement in which the City of Milwaukee is named as the permanent venue for the World Series.
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« Reply #2 on: September 26, 2013, 04:28:32 pm »
and the giving away of rose colored glasses and beer
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Re: Bleacher Report Speculates on a Selig Retirement
« Reply #3 on: September 26, 2013, 05:11:20 pm »
You don't think his successor hasn't been hand picked by FYB?  It'd be a simple process:

FYB:  "Who's a bigger asshat around here than me?"
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« Reply #4 on: September 26, 2013, 05:15:39 pm »
Quote from: Limey on September 26, 2013, 05:11:20 pm
You don't think his successor hasn't been hand picked by FYB?  It'd be a simple process:

FYB:  "Who's a bigger asshat around here than me?"

But not Mark Cuban or Don Fehr.
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Re: Bleacher Report Speculates on a Selig Retirement
« Reply #5 on: September 26, 2013, 05:17:08 pm »
Actually giving non-silly thought to it, what are the odds there's already somebody internally groomed or if they do what they did with Bud and pick a current owner to be the commissioner?  Can you imagine Commissioner Loria?
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Re: Bleacher Report Speculates on a Selig Retirement
« Reply #6 on: September 26, 2013, 05:20:42 pm »
Quote from: Limey on September 26, 2013, 05:11:20 pm
You don't think his successor hasn't been hand picked by FYB?  It'd be a simple process:

FYB:  "Who's a bigger asshat around here than me?"

Next commish: Keith Olbermann, LOL
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Re: Bleacher Report Speculates on a Selig Retirement
« Reply #7 on: September 26, 2013, 05:27:47 pm »
Bleacher Report's worst slideshow to date.
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Re: Bleacher Report Speculates on a Selig Retirement
« Reply #8 on: September 26, 2013, 06:12:51 pm »
Quote from: Bench on September 26, 2013, 05:17:08 pm
Actually giving non-silly thought to it, what are the odds there's already somebody internally groomed or if they do what they did with Bud and pick a current owner to be the commissioner?  Can you imagine Commissioner Loria?

Joe Torre, come on down!
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Re: Bleacher Report Speculates on a Selig Retirement
« Reply #9 on: September 26, 2013, 06:53:32 pm »
One can hope nature ends it sooner.
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Re: Bleacher Report Speculates on a Selig Retirement
« Reply #10 on: September 26, 2013, 07:25:06 pm »
Quote from: austro on September 26, 2013, 06:12:51 pm
Joe Torre, come on down!

This was my off the cuff thought as well...
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Re: Bleacher Report Speculates on a Selig Retirement
« Reply #11 on: September 26, 2013, 07:29:14 pm »
Uncle Drayton may be the choice. He seemed to have been groomed by FYB the last few years he owned the local 9.
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Re: Bleacher Report Speculates on a Selig Retirement
« Reply #12 on: September 26, 2013, 08:13:07 pm »
Quote from: OregonStrosFan on September 26, 2013, 07:25:06 pm
This was my off the cuff thought as well...

Yeah, he or Alderson would be my guess. Which probably means they're not candidates at all.
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Re: Bleacher Report Speculates on a Selig Retirement
« Reply #13 on: September 26, 2013, 08:49:35 pm »
Rick Perry.
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Re: Bleacher Report Speculates on a Selig Retirement
« Reply #14 on: September 26, 2013, 08:59:22 pm »
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Re: Bleacher Report Speculates on a Selig Retirement
« Reply #15 on: September 26, 2013, 09:23:34 pm »
Quote from: Lefty on September 26, 2013, 08:59:22 pm
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Re: Bleacher Report Speculates on a Selig Retirement
« Reply #16 on: September 27, 2013, 08:52:50 am »
George Will's bow tie for commish!
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Re: Bleacher Report Speculates on a Selig Retirement
« Reply #17 on: September 27, 2013, 08:53:37 am »
Gary Bettman obviously.
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Re: Bleacher Report Speculates on a Selig Retirement
« Reply #18 on: September 27, 2013, 08:58:51 am »
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Re: Bleacher Report Speculates on a Selig Retirement
« Reply #19 on: September 27, 2013, 09:00:48 am »
FWIW, Jayson Stark and Jeff Passan both agree that the most likely candidate is Rob Manfred, who has basically been Selig's right-hand man.

http://espn.go.com/mlb/blog/_/name/stark_jayson/id/9728142/three-candidates-succeed-mlb-commissioner-bud-selig
http://sports.yahoo.com/news/who-will-be-baseball-s-next-commissioner--190201885.html
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Re: Bleacher Report Speculates on a Selig Retirement
« Reply #20 on: September 27, 2013, 10:11:18 am »
rick perry did say he an announcemnt to make.

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Re: Bleacher Report Speculates on a Selig Retirement
« Reply #21 on: September 30, 2013, 10:25:13 am »
Quote from: Fredia on September 27, 2013, 10:11:18 am
rick perry did say he an announcemnt to make.



He actually has three announcements to make, but he forgot what the other two were.
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