Bud Selig

Think things have been rough for the Los Angeles Dodgers given the public split between owner Frank McCourt and his wife? It’s about to get rougher.

Apparently, MLB commissioner Bud Selig has reached his boiling point with Los Angeles Dodgers' owner Frank McCourt.

In a statement just released by Major League Baseball, Selig will appoint a representative to oversee the day-to-day business operations of the Los Angeles Dodgers.

Here is the official statement from MLB on behalf of Selig:

For those of you that believe the Los Angeles Dodgers could possibly compete in the National League West race this year, they will likely be doing so without any financial help from its owner whatsoever.

We all know that everyone isn't perfect and that's why baseball is hesitant to put more instant replay in the game. However, it has gotten to the point where it is costing teams games, players milestones/rare achievements, and changing the outcome of seasons. So I feel that baseball should expand replay viewing options to not only whether something is a home run or not, but also to whether someone is out or safe on a bang-bang play, and if someone either caught it or not. Now here is why.

It seems like an eternity since Major League Baseball finally got around to admitting it had a problem of the performance enhancing variety, but in reality it has barely been a half a decade.

Players once thought to be first-ballot Hall of Famers are struggling to garner more than a pittance of support from sports writers and fans alike as the sport carries on the best it can.

As we just passed the two-year mark since commissioner Bud Selig launched his "Blue-Ribbon" committee to determine if the Athletics would be granted permission to move to San Jose, I decided I wanted to look back at the failed attempts to stay in Oakland.

The NFL took a firm shake of the magic eight ball on Friday and gave just about every waiting fan a valid answer after tossing it aside: There will be no season in 2011.

What a shock, what a surprise.  

Not really.

We expected it to happen, that picture was painted long ago.  From the undetermined outcome of last week, to the past 24 hours of humming and haring, an answer was coming, one way or another.

Pitchers and Catchers Report.

For many, those four special words signal the beginning of the end of the long winter months and the unofficial start of the new sports calendar. 

In the recent weeks, I have been compelled to think about the current commissioner, Bud Selig, and his impact on the game of baseball.

In early February I wrote about the A's stadium frustration and that the time for MLB to make its recommendation is now.

Unfortunately, I do not have an update on any progress Lew Wolfe and company may or may not have made in persuading Bud Selig to release the findings of the blue-ribbon committee that he commissioned to make a recommendation on the Oakland Athletics stadium issue.

When Bud Selig decided to introduce the wild card to MLB's playoff system in 1994, many people thought it was a blemish on baseball's tradition and history. Fast forward to the modern day, and you would be hard-pressed to find any baseball fan who does not appreciate what the wild card system has done for the game. It has benefited the league from an economic standpoint, it has created a more competitive and balanced league and it has created a better experience for baseball fans.