Talk:Commissioner of baseball

Selig as acting commissioner
Perhaps it is worthwhile explaining why Selig was acting commissioner for such a long time? I would certainly be curious to hear this explanation. - Jord 22:46, 3 November 2005 (UTC)

After Landis, the owners didn't want an independent commissioner any more. That's why they canned Chandler. Then they had Frick and Eckert and Kuhn, who pretty much did what they wanted. But after having had several more "independent" commissioners (Uebberoth, Giamatti, Vincent) the owners weren't going to permanently hire someone until they were sure he would do their bidding. It took awhile for them to decide that Selig was their guy. I doubt you would want to word it quite this way, though. Wahkeenah 23:33, 3 November 2005 (UTC)

Bud Selig from my understanding, was fairly reluctant to become commsisioner at first. I don't know if it was because Selig was aware that you couldn't completely independent from the owners (hence people like William Eckert and Fay Vincent being forced out after relatively short terms), or knew that it meant that he would have to sever his ties the Milwaukee Brewers. Fay Vincent as gone on record to say that Major League Baseball should've had his deputy, Steve Greenberg to replace him (just like Vincent replaced Bart Giamatti after Giamatti's untimely death). I supposed that the owners woudn't have wanted Greenberg because it would've been more in their "best interests" go into a completely different direction (as opposed to an underling from the recently disposed regime).TMC1982 27 April 2006
 * He wasn't reluctant enough to turn it down, though, eh? I would concede, though, that any comments of Vincent's are colored by the way he was dumped by MLB... not that he's incorrect about any of it, though. Wahkeenah 23:26, 27 April 2006 (UTC)

Based on Andrew Zimbalist's book, In the Best Interests of Baseball, and giving Mr. Selig the benefit of the doubt, it would seem that the owners, at least in part in deference to Congress in order to justify MLB's anti-trust exemption, wanted to preserve the appearance of a strong commissioner who had the theoretical to act in the public interest. While serving as acting commissioner, Mr. Selig was reportedly well liked by the owners, and so was able to push them towards consensus. As a result, the owners prevailed upon Mr. Selig to become the commissioner in 1998, so that someone who they generally trusted could guide the direction and growth of MLB. --Isaac Lin 07:05, 30 July 2006 (UTC)

Articles of Confederation
"The Black Sox scandal was seen as a failure of the National Commission. The Commission was in some sense baseball's equivalent to the Articles of Confederation: a good start, but ultimately scrapped and replaced with a more powerful and centralized government."

Is this section really important to the topic? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Jon Darden (talk • contribs).

That bullshit isn't NPOV. It's an opinion and total garbage taht doesnt have a place on an encyclopedia. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.18.42.165 (talk) 07:58, 19 October 2007 (UTC)

Opinion Statements
In this article, there are opinion statements made by one of the contributors. I do not believe that has a place in any article in Wikipedia, and should be reworded not to sound so opinionated if the statements can be backed up or removed if they cannot be proven. Debateking1 06:21, 6 October 2007 (UTC)

president & COO
I think the office of president/COO is relevant, as part of the organizational structure of MLB. Should it go in the MLB article?

Suggested text: "President. The second-highest MLB official is the president and chief operating officer (COO). (text of footnote: )

Eagle4000 (talk) 23:41, 26 September 2010 (UTC)
 * The organizational structure of Major League Baseball would indeed fit better in the article on MLB, rather than this one. Isaac Lin (talk) 01:35, 27 September 2010 (UTC)
 * Yes a hierarchy section on the MLB page would be a better fit then squeezing it in with the commissioner. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Millertime246 (talk • contribs) 20:02, 19 October 2011 (UTC)

Merge proposal
The "history" article has been an orphan since its creation in January 2010. Between the two of these articles, I feel we may have a GA candidate, with work. I see no reason these should be separate. – Muboshgu (talk) 19:31, 19 October 2011 (UTC)
 * History of the Commissioner of Major League Baseball --> Commissioner of Baseball
 * Support. I don't see the need for separate articles at this point.--Cúchullain t/ c 19:59, 19 October 2011 (UTC)
 * Support I agree, no reason to have two articles on the same topic.Millertime246 (talk) 20:01, 19 October 2011 (UTC)
 * Support. Eagle4000 (talk) 20:20, 19 October 2011 (UTC)
 * Support. The two articles aren't long enough to require being separate. One article would be a more complete picture. oknazevad (talk) 20:55, 3 November 2011 (UTC)

Great. I'd say that's unanimous support. Unless anyone objects with a good reason, I'll do this tonight or tomorrow. – Muboshgu (talk) 21:04, 3 November 2011 (UTC)

Challenges
This edit added the question of competitive balance as a challenge for the commissioner's office (although the edit actually first cites a salary cap as a challenge, I believe this is a tool for addressing an issue rather than a challenge in itself). Certainly this is a popular view, and there are specific franchises that are having difficulties in succeeding. However, this has been true throughout MLB history, and given the variety of teams that have made the playoffs over the past couple of decades, and the new playoff structure introduced this year, I don't believe that competitive balance can be stated as a challenge without citations and more critical analysis. Perhaps it would be better to have a section describing the perennial problem of encouraging growth in baseball fandom in all cities, as this is really an ongoing marketing and development issue. isaacl (talk) 22:25, 10 May 2012 (UTC)

Infobox
I have started a discussion on the appropriate infobox for this article. Any feedback is welcome. isaacl (talk) 16:23, 2 February 2014 (UTC)

Owners' "Coup"
There's a section that has a title that claims there was a coup by the owners against the Commissioner. Nothing in the section refers to there being a coup. I believe the current section title is POV and should be replaced with a title that reflects the contents of that section. SMP0328. (talk) 05:42, 29 December 2014 (UTC)

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