Bud Selig has announced his retirement and then failed to carry out said retirement at least twice that I can remember. There may have been a third time in there but at this point they all blur together. It’s always “I’m going to retire after the 2*** season. I know I said I was going to retire after the 2*** season, so I understand if you don’t believe me, but this time I really and truly am.” Then about 18 months later MLB renews his contract for a couple of years.
So forgive me is I’m not buying this:
Bud Selig insists he’s done 12/31/14, despite prior reversals of mind. New SBJ takes long look at potential process, suitors to succeed him
— Eric Fisher (@EricFisherSBJ) March 25, 2013
Selig: “I am done. I do understand some of the feeling out there, but I am done Dec. 31, 2014. That’s it.”
— Eric Fisher (@EricFisherSBJ) March 25, 2013
The next step in this dance will be a story truly bringing home how committed Selig is to retiring. Maybe an interview that takes place in his sleepy retirement office on a college campus somewhere, where an at peace Bud Selig intends to teach history or something, showing you just how committed he is to walking away from the league.
Nah, it’s been done.
