Selig Celebrates Contract Extension by Casually Alluding to Hitting His Wife?
The700Level.com - Philly Sports & Minutiae —
... the contract will see Selig have the second-longest tenure as baseball's boss. At his press conference to announce the extension yesterday, he received a call from the woman we assume has stood by his side through thick and thin. Selig muted the very masculine ringtone, said something about fining himself, and then gave us a little preview of what goes on at the Selig house when press conferences are interrupted by poorly phone calls:
Great find by Meech over at Bugs & Cranks.
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Bud Selig Is Going to 'Punch Out' His Wife
The Sporting Blog —
By Chris Mottram
Alright, so that headline is maybe a bit misleading. But that is exactly what Bud Selig said during his press conference yesterday:
The presser was to officially announce Selig's new contract extension, which makes him baseball overlord through 2012. And why not? It's not like anything horribly bad happened under his watch.
Bud Selig Is Casual About His Spousal Abuse | Bugs & Cranks
Selig’s Call: “It’s Only My Wife, I’ll Punch Her Out”
SPORTSbyBROOKS —
... Bud Selig doesn’t like to be bothered at work - especially by his wife. ...
Weekend links with Jon Marthaler
Randball —
... *We have video evidence: Bud Selig is Ralph Kramden. I don’t even know what to say about this. It did, however, remind me of the time that Tim Pawlenty tried to say “It’s time to drop the puck” at a Wild game and, well, ...
Bugs and Cranks: Bud Selig is casual about his spousal abuse (Video)
BBTF's Baseball Primer Newsblog —
Bugs and Cranks: Bud Selig is casual about his spousal abuse (Video) You better leave my kitaen alone… There was an embarrassing moment during Bud Selig’s self-congratulatory press conference yesterday where his cell phone went off while he was speaking. The obviously-perturbed commish looked at his phone and mumbled something about getting fined, but when he realized it was his wife, he nonchalantly joked(?) with reporters, “It’s only my wife, I’ll punch her out.”

