The next MLB commisioner should be ______?

gt2590 · Apr 29, 2014

With Adam Silver dropping the Hammer on Sterling to rousing rave reviews from almost the whole League he runs, it got me to wondering, who SHOULD or who WILL replace Bud Seling?

I'm not a Bud fan at all, but his replacement does come into a pretty sweet set-up. While there is no clear cut favorite, it's expecting to be an "inside" Baseball veteran, CEO-type. I don't know enough about Rob Manfred, the #2 guy who's considered the (slight) favorite. Most experts doubt it'll be an outsider/broadcaster-type, like Costas or George Will.

As far as baseball veterans go, I'd say Sandy Alderson would be fine in the job.

And for an outsider-VERY-long-shot picks, how about Keith Olbermann? Both sides would hate him within 6 months, but his devotion to the game and up-front style might be just what the sport needs after years of Bud's "old buddy" style...

Anybody else got an Opinion?

AmishDave · Apr 29, 2014

Kevin Millar.

CubsfanP · Apr 29, 2014

Pete Rose

jeremy2 · Apr 29, 2014

Bart giamatti

Mighty Bombjack · Apr 29, 2014

There is no way the owners want anything but more of the same. No outsiders, no mixing it up. Whatever is deemed the closest to Selig, which looks like Manfred.

Ghumbs · Apr 29, 2014

Ozzie Guillen

jeremy2 · Apr 30, 2014

Chris gilmore

gt2590 · Apr 30, 2014

jeremy2 said:
Chris gilmore

He wouldn't't take the pay cut...

u2me57 · Apr 30, 2014

Olbermann or Costas, since they are both baseball card collectors.

Super Mario · Apr 30, 2014

Donald Sterling.

jimmyjam1973 · Apr 30, 2014

Tommy Lasorda

DaleMurphyCollector · Apr 30, 2014

Dale Murphy

zach · Apr 30, 2014

Joe Torre

rsmath · Apr 30, 2014

mark cuban or marcus lemonis.

smapdi · Apr 30, 2014

In a perfect world, somebody like Joe Torre or Frank Robinson or Daniel Okrent would get the job. But there is no way the old players or Bob Costases are given a job that is, in the current reality, to be a business agent for the owners. It'll be some guy the owners like and think they can control, who will stand up to the union and negotiate the best deals with the TV, internet and radio people. All the stuff about being a baseball fan or purist and saying steroids are bad or whatever is nice and all, but if there's a guy who doesn't know a baseball from a snowball and can get an extra billion dollars out of the TV networks and keep the players from winning the next work stoppage, he's their guy. The game was out of control in 1919, so they brought in a tough Southern judge who was able to unilaterally do things that neither the owners nor the players approved of universally. But in 1992 the game was so solid that the owners didn't even think they needed a commissioner, so Selig was only "Acting Commissioner" for 6 whole years while still participating in his team ownership role.

Tzvih123 · Apr 30, 2014

CubsfanP said:
Pete Rose

My thoughts exactly. But if he won't be able to do it because he's banned from baseball, I'd go with A-rod.

PadresFan86 · Apr 30, 2014

John Rocker

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fordman · Apr 30, 2014

They need to go back to a true commissioner that they had, but since the owner have become billionaires off of the Selig style, there isnt no way they go back to an arbitrator style commissioner.

When you have baseball legends such as Aaron, McCovey, Morgan and many many others singing Selig's praises, no way are the owners gonna change it!

Fordman

PoseyBuster · May 1, 2014

Roger goodell

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jbhofmann · May 1, 2014

Darren Rovell

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