Wednesday, April 20, 2011

A Sad Day For Baseball In Los Angeles

Today, the major league braintrust took over control of the Los Angeles Dodgers, thus ending the reign of error of Frank and or Jaime McCourt.
While the McCourts have turned out to be real louses, I do not have confidence in Bud Selig, the so-called major league baseball commissioner, taking over the team. According to the report, he will announce new ownership for the financially troubled team in the next few days.
Who would a new owner or owners be? Would he/she or they owe some alligence to Mr. Selig for giving them one of the most storied franchises in major league baseball history?
This is the same Bud Selig who, as he appointed himself commissioner wanted to essentially end the two leagues, the American League and National League. He wanted to rearrainge teams into leagues and divisions. But hey, he did move the Milwaukee Brewers, the team he owned, from the American to National league. And in as deceitful as what he did with the Brewers, Mr. Selig brought us the abortion known as interleague play. That was a compromise when he could not rearrange the baseball map. As an aside, this occurred when former president George W. Bush was owner of the Texas Rangers. He was the only owner to vote against interleague play. I am always thankful for his vote on that issue.
While the McCourts have done serious damage to the Dodger franchise, I just do not believe that Mr. Selig will do anything to reinvigorate the team. I hope that I am wrong. But today, I know, is a sad day in major league baseball.

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