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yankeesince59

yankeesince59

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...with Selig having announced his upcoming retirement, have any of you given any thought as to who would be a good replacement for him?

...I ask this because I have someone who I think would be a good fit and was wondering if anyone might have the same person in mind.
 
If Torre wasn't so old, I'd suggest him... but I really need to think about that...
 
George W. Bush and George Will as the populist choices.
Rob Manfred and Steve Greenberg as MLB insiders.
 
...good call...always liked George Will...but he's not the one I had in mind.
 
Robert Redford is too old. Kevin Costner, Ray Liotta?
 
...I'm sure it will raise a few eyebrows but I've always thought Bob Costas would make a great Commissioner.
 
yankeesince59 said:
...I'm sure it will raise a few eyebrows but I've always thought Bob Costas would make a great Commissioner.
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Costas? I would have been inclined to agree with you until he started interjecting his political opinions on Sunday Night Football. First it was his position on guns, followed By the Redskin name crossed the line for me.
 
...aside from being a huge fan, and a purist, I always thought he was a very sharp individual.
 
Well a purist wouldn't buy into the straw man argument that the name 'Redskins' was offensive. And a purist wouldn't rail against the 2nd Amendment. Consistency of purism isn't his strong suit. Those types of positions aren't going to instill confidence from owners. Plus he suffers from short man disease.
 
...I'm talking about a baseball purist...his political views don't bother me. I don't care if he's a democrat or a republican, a liberal or a conservative, etc,...all I care about are his views on baseball... he's always been a great student of the game and IMO, would also make a very competent ambassador of the game.

...first I've heard about the short man thingy.

...as far as the owner's, they're already hopelessly split as it is...and aren't they the ones who appointed Selig in the first place?
 
My case in point, you want a commissioner that is agnostic when it comes to everything, the person has to embody baseball period. For the same reason W wouldn't work. My point is Costa crossed the point of no return when he stopped discussing sports and attempted to shape/influence public opinion. The temptation to enter the realm of social commentary is my issue, he broke that seal and he can't walk it back.

You don't want a commish that takes pot shots on TV to wave an agenda flag and risk alienating a significant portion of the customer base.

Thus endth the lesson, who else you got in mind?
 
totus44 said:
My case in point, you want a commissioner that is agnostic when it comes to everything, the person has to embody baseball period. For the same reason W wouldn't work. My point is Costa crossed the point of no return when he stopped discussing sports and attempted to shape/influence public opinion. The temptation to enter the realm of social commentary is my issue, he broke that seal and he can't walk it back.

You don't want a commish that takes pot shots on TV to wave an agenda flag and risk alienating a significant portion of the customer base.

Thus endth the lesson, who else you got in mind?
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... like I said, I like Costas. You don't care for him, fine.

...I would think that owners would prefer a business guy, a CEO type...and that's probably the type they'll probably appoint...all I'm saying is I've always like Bob Costas and his views on the game...you have your opinion, I have mine.
 
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I think they will stick with a baseball insider. Manfred is tainted by the Biogenesis stuff, Torre is likely too old or wouldn't committee, so that leaves Greenberg. Apparently this guy has his hands on many major deals for the franchises (ownership, stadium deals, TV/media deals, etc.). Also see Sandy Alderson's name, and think he would be a better choice than Dombrowski. Commish needs to be a marketing and money guy these days.
 
Right, but we know how this works....your opinion doesn't count. ;)
 
...Manfred probably has the inside track...maybe even Bush, though I'd find it hard to take him seriously.
 
Manfred has been described as the 2007 Hillary. Any guy that gets the job to throw hammers at the highest paid union member....ain't gettin' the big chair.
 
totus44 said:
Right, but we know how this works....your opinion doesn't count. ;)
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...Ha, I'll have you know that on Graham Cracker Day in grade school, I was elected "Crumb Boy"....hence, I am beyond reproach.
 
Mark McGwire so he can talk about the future & forget the past.
 
Hammerojustice said:
I misunderstood something somewhere... I thought he was also a nice option but that you had someone else also in mind. My bad
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...no prob, man...like tote said, it is probably just a pipe dream. the owners will likely either appoint a yes man or a PR figurehead.
 
...here's another pipe dream.........















Derek












Sanderson









Jeter
 
I also have soured on Costas, similarly to how I soured on Gumbel back in the 90's. I'll listen to him, but am ready to just drop the remote when he goes off-topic instead of wasting energy getting worked up.

Condaleeza Rice as a dark-horse candidate.
 
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