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Bud Selig's term as baseball commissioner was extended for three years through 2009 in a unanimous vote by owners Thursday.
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Several owners said Selig could be commissioner for life if he wanted to.
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I mean.. baseball is in such tremendous shape..  :wacko:
http://slam.canoe.ca/Slam/Baseball/MLB/200.../591388-ap.html
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Look at it from an owner point of view:
Labour peace for a decade - which is astounding for a sport that had something like eight disruptions in the 23 years or so before 1994.
Are many of these teams - aside from Montreal - actually losing money. In fact, does Montreal lose money?
I wonder if the Boston Red Sox voted for Selig given the whining they threw up over the Yankees heisting all the best players?
If there's ever a group of owners you should never trust a word about financial distress coming from their pieholes, its this group.
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If it keeps going till 2009 and the Jays are still in the Same Division... damn straight there it going to be problems in baseball.
Jays will NEVER be in the playoffs when they have to play the Yankees, Sox 19 times a piece. Not to mention Baltlimore right now has much more of a chance of making the wildcard with the money they are willing to spend on free agents.
A 50 million dollar payroll and no playoffs will = doom for the Jays.