Bud Selig’s career as the commissioner of Major League Baseball will end after
the 2012 season. The man who decided to end the 2002 Major League All-Star game at Miller Park in a tie (7-7), has received some raw treatment during his leadership.
But while the NBA is in the middle of a lockout and the NFL skipped an entire off-season in a labor dispute, Selig has baseball running like a well oiled machine.
The current collective bargaining agreement was scheduled to expire in December. With little fanfare, Selig, the owners and players kept their negotiations out of the headlines, reaching a new 5-year deal that extends through 2016. It means baseball, when the new 5-year deal is complete, will have had labor peace for 21 years.
While the NFL can’t seem to get its HGH plan off the ground, Major League Baseball will now become the first of the major pro sports to introduce blood testing for Human Growth Hormone, starting in the spring. A first failed test will result in a 50-game suspension. [Read more...]










