mlb.fanhouse.com - 10/28/2008
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There are a lot of people angry with Major League Baseball and Bud Selig today over the way they treated the horrible weather at Citizen's Bank last night in Philadelphia. While I'm not exactly pleased with the manner things went down, I'm not really all that upset about it either. Does it ...
blogs.courierpostonline.com - 10/28/2008
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PHILADELPHIA - Proof that major league baseball is
run by a bunch of buffoons came at midnight...
when the suspended game notes were handed out. At the bottom of the sheet, the powers that be maybe thought it was cute or even pithy to include Koppett's ...
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The angriest place on earth
deadspin.com - 10/28/2008
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deadspin.com —
Generally I don't use anonymous quotes, unless it's
concerning something really big, like when a member of...
the Phillies sees Bud Selig in the clubhouse following the Game 5 rain delay and utters the immortal line: "I wouldn't let him supervise one of ...
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Time To Play: Guess Which Phillie Ripped Bud Selig? ...
tiricosuave.com - 10/29/2008
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tiricosuave.com —
I tend to believe a picture of the
inept commissioner of baseball holding the rulebook at a...
press conference in the middle of the World Series probably can not be improved on using PhotoShop. The times I don’t believe that? When I’m at work and need something to do to help kill a couple of hours.
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... called the game? Whether he'd have decided to suspend the game in the third inning, the fifth inning, or the seventh inning, we still would have ended up with a suspended game. Bud Selig cannot stop rain from falling. I can, but I was busy and I don't much like Selig, so I wanted to see him sweat a bit.... Continue reading at FanHouse
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This Time, Selig Got It Right —
Bleacher Report - MLB 10/28/2008
Bud Selig did the right thing.
As unaccustomed as I am to writing those words, it's a fact.
"Tonight's game has been suspended," he told reporters shortly before midnight, ET. "It will be resumed when I believe that weather conditions are ...
Bud Selig Screwed the Philadelphia Phillies —
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Major League Baseball commissioner Allan H. Selig, known to most as Bud, has proven to me several times that he is the worst commissioner the MLB has seen. The steroid scare, Barry Bonds issues, and the fact that the Astros' game was moved to Wrigley ...
Selig, MLB Could've Avoided This Muddy Mess —
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PHILADELPHIA - I can't believe I'm writing this, but Major League Baseball needs a reminder and maybe even a kick to the head.
This is the World Series, ladies and gentlemen.
World Series games should feature the best umpires.
World Series ...