On Wednesday MLB owners, including the Yankees Hal
Steinbrenner, gathers in Arizona to honor the retiring and longtime MLB
Commissioner Allan Bud Selig. About 250 people were in attendance at the dinner
at the Sanctuary Resort in Camelback Mountain to honor the 80 year old Selig
after 22 plus years at the helm of Major League Baseball. Selig’s final day as
the job will be January 25th when new MLB Commissioner Rob Manfred
takes over the position.
Among the speakers at the dinner were former Senator and
report writing George Mitchell, Selig’s daughter Wendy and Joe Torre. Hal was
interviewed and quoted as saying:
"He wasn't a small-market
guy, not a big-market guy," Steinbrenner said. "He did what he
thought was best for baseball. Sometime that went a particular owner's way, and
sometimes it went against a particular owner."
Steinbrenner mentioned two of
Selig's major accomplishments.
"I think the drug policies
have come a long way under him," Steinbrenner said. "We have one of
the best in the business now. And I think another thing you've got to look at
is, when you run a company that deals with a union and for 20 years you don't
have a work stoppage, that's a significant accomplishment. And I think that's
going to be a big part of his legacy, the relative labor peace that we've
had."
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Sorry for the Capatcha... Blame the Russians :)