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Havok9120
Larry Lucchino?
Oh…oh, no. Dear God no. Boston can keep him with my compliments.
Ross
I for one nominate Joe Torre
johnsilver
Ha.. Better off with Selig’s henchman “Yankee Bob” Watson than Torre.
Time to get a real businessman (woman) to take over, rather than the collection of buffoons the league has had ever since Bowie Kuhn left.
55saveslives
A rosin bag would do a better job than Bud!
jammin502
I nominate Pete Rose
Roger Wilco
I wish the next commisioner would be an advocate for the fans. I truly beleive Selig is so deluded that he really beleives most fans want the All Star Game to be more than an exhibition.
snaketrain
Derrick Hall’s your guy then.
Guest 4615
That’s not the commissioner’s job.
Don Delaney
John McDonough
John
What’s the percentage they just keep it in the owners circle and turn it over to someone like Jerry Reinsdorf
snaketrain
D Hall as commish would help the MLB immensely. He’s done a heck of a lot for the dbacks and dbacks fans…love his FAWTSY motto, too: Find A Way To Say Yes.
Lastings
Next guy can’t be much worse than Selig…
Colin Christopher
Having a (former) owner seems like a conflict of interest if they’re also unwilling to approve of someone with too many ties to players (like Moorad) to their fraternity. Someone like John Schuerholz could be a real asset to MLB…he understands where ownership and management are coming from, but garnered a lot of respect from players, fans, and his peers. That being said…we’re talking about a guy who is already over 70, and might not even have interest in the job by the time it comes open.
Michael Collins
What about Tony LaRussa? It seams to me that a former manager that the players loved and the owners respect would be a obvious choice. He is working with MLB right now as a special consultant and has a law degree. He will be the next Commissioner of Major League Baseball in my opinion.
Guest 4614
Torre and LaRussa are both great baseball guys, but I think the owners will be looking for someone who can provide long-term stability like Selig has done. Age precludes those two guys from fitting that profile.
StevenStCroix
Just go away bud!
essmeier
Selig cheapened the game by giving us the Wild Card, the Wild Card II, interleague play, and moving the Houston Astros to the American League. I suggest we replace him with no one.
Couldn’t be worse.
Phillies_Aces35
Still don’t understand the Wild Card hate.
My hate for Bud Selig comes from the 2008 World Series debacle, the All Star Game, and the Steroid Scandal…
Dodgerzz
Teams that can’t even win their division should not be eligible to win the World Series!
Michael_Donovan
Frank McCourt. He singlehandedly turned the Dodgers from a $400 million franchise into a $2 billion one.
notsureifsrs
i don’t really care who replaces bud as long as bud is replaced
notsureifsrs
what baseball really needs is a fans’ union and a seat at the table
during all negotiations. i’ve already got a few grievances to file
Michael_Donovan
Frank McCourt. He increased the Dodgers worth by 5x the amount in just 8 years. He might need a hot new wife, first. But just imagine all the good he can do for MLB.
Don Brake
I like the idea of Frank Coonelly. He’s worked fro MLB before and now he is working with a low budget franchise and can see first hand the problems with baseball’s large market vs small market structure. large
Bob H
I don’t care who it is as long as it is soon. We need a new MLB commissioner like we need a new president, as in three years ago. The one we have now is corrupt and destroying what he oversees.
Mikenmn
There are going to pick a businessman because Baseball is first and foremost a business. So, he will be wired in politically, understand his priority is to serve the owners and maximize revenues, and presumably smart enough to know that throwing a bone to the fans is good PR, so long as you don’t give them anything substantive. Love for the game is going to be secondary.
Loody
A few months ago I heard a couple of people mention Mark Shapiro of Cleveland as someone who many felt could potentially be the MLB Commissioner.
Also, hasn’t Sandy Alderson always been mentioned as a leading candidate? Normally I would wave off a suggestion such as Tony La Russa, but that doesn’t seem so far fetched. Depends on whether he would want to do that.
Hasn’t George W. Bush also been mentioned?
Loody
Kasten is another name – along with Macphail, Hall, Shapiro, and Alderson – that I have heard mentioned in other circles.
Guest 4613
I think Kasten is probably out of the hunt now. The owners would be unlikely to support removing him from the Dodgers equation since that ownership group is so new. He is the one bastion of experience and past baseball success in the leadership of that group, and a couple years will not be enough time to make owners comfortable with him moving on.
BlueSkyLA
Good article. I’m always surprised when fans are surprised to find out that the commissioner works for the owners. When they talk about his responsibility to look after the “best interests of baseball,” they really mean “the best interests of of the owners.” Sometimes that interest is enlightened enough to include the best interests of the fans, sometimes not — it depends on the commissioner. So we as fans can only hope for an enlightened commissioner. Bud Selig certainly wasn’t one of those. Probably have to go back to Faye Vincent to find one.
lefty177
Obama to commish, Selig to President, done deal
snaketrain
so a net “wash” then basically?
jeffmaz
Sandy Alderson will be the next commissioner
popular_mechanics_for_pitchers
Paul beeston
Ross Smith
As stated in the article….How can you not go wrong with John Scheurholz? the guy was one of the most respected GM’s for what he accomplished in baseball and is very well respected by owners and fans. He has my vote for sure.
NJMAXsports
Bob Costas
Cody
Ozzie Guillen.
D'Arcy Sweeney
Paul Beeston. Nobody smarter in baseball. Done
aemoreira81
Andy MacPhail or Stan Kasten to me seems like someone who could fit in the long haul—both will not have yet reached 65. Age would work against John Schuerholz, who would be 74 in 2014.
Also, I wonder why the name Kim Ng has not been mentioned; she is currently the senior VP for MLB’s baseball operations, and has prior management experience with both the Yankees and Dodgers, and she would also be only 46 in 2014.
Olliefu
Bob Costas please.
brett m.
I think Mark Shapiro would be a great candidate
Pats_Gnome
MLB needs a dictator, not a politician to lead the league. The next Commissioner needs to tell the owners how to best run the league, not ask them if they approve of his moves. Real Commissioner’s like Bart Giamatti and Fay Vincent were not popular but served the league correctly.