Tweets from Eric Fisher of Sports Business Journal:
MLB is preparing to announce later today creation of new committee to find successor to retiring Bud Selig. More coming in SBD Morning Buzz
— Eric Fisher (@EricFisherSBJ) May 15, 2014
Selig has been adamant about keeping succession process quiet as possible, but owners have been wanting more structure to effort
— Eric Fisher (@EricFisherSBJ) May 15, 2014
Given how MLB committees tend to roll, I presume this means that we’ll get updates that the committee is still looking into the matter each year while Selig still reigns as Commissioner through, like, 2027. Five years from now Ken Rosenthal or someone will ask about it:
Rosenthal: “Bud, how is the committee’s work going?”
Selig: “We have top men working on it right now.”
Rosenthal: “Who?”
Selig: “Top. Men.”