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spiritofstlouis
 Post subject: Re: Brewers to erect statue of Selig
PostPosted: February 9 10, 12:16 am 
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The man is nothing but a shill for the owners.

The money the teams made under his watch would have occurred anyway.

I'll never forgive him for not seeing that Buck O'Neill got into the HOF before he died, and then having him give a speech at the induction ceremony.

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 Post subject: Re: Brewers to erect statue of Selig
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So where should we meet, Hank Aaron or Bud Selig?

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 Post subject: Re: Brewers to erect statue of Selig
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spiritofstlouis wrote:
I'll never forgive him for not seeing that Buck O'Neill got into the HOF before he died, and then having him give a speech at the induction ceremony.


Maybe i dont know the whole story, but since when does Bud Selig have a say in who gets into the hall of fame? Wouldnt the veterans committee be in charge of that?

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 Post subject: Re: Brewers to erect statue of Selig
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spiritofstlouis wrote:
The man is nothing but a shill for the owners.



It's worse than that - he *was* an owner, and as such, should have been ineligible for the commissioner's post.

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 Post subject: Re: Brewers to erect statue of Selig
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This may be the only way you'll ever see the words Selig and erect in the same sentence.
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Jmodene wrote:
spiritofstlouis wrote:
The man is nothing but a shill for the owners.



It's worse than that - he *was* an owner, and as such, should have been ineligible for the commissioner's post.


And based on this precedent, it's all but guaranteed that every future commissioner will also be either an owner or a hand-picked shill of the owners.

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 Post subject: Re: Brewers to erect statue of Selig
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Fan_In_NY wrote:
spiritofstlouis wrote:
I'll never forgive him for not seeing that Buck O'Neill got into the HOF before he died, and then having him give a speech at the induction ceremony.


Maybe i dont know the whole story, but since when does Bud Selig have a say in who gets into the hall of fame? Wouldnt the veterans committee be in charge of that?


He could have invoked " the best interest " of the game clause.

O'Neill was one of the true ambassadors to the game, and was instrumental in the creation of the Negro League Hall of Fame.

The gentleman was humble and gracious, and everyone knew he was dying. He gave his entire life to the game and kind Bud could have acted, even if it was only to push his induction to the Veteran's Committee.

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I say they choose from one of these, myself.


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what kind of Statue do you erect for a used car salesman?

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