It's been a pretty good day for Bud Selig - MLB

Here is what has happened for Bud Selig today, all of which took place before lunchtime where he is out in Arizona:

He put Peter Angelos in his place by taking the All-Star Game away from him and giving it to a ballpark that has something literally called the “Selig Hall of Fame Plaza” outside of it; and
He received word that a court swatted down San Jose’s legal challenge over the A’s relocation.

Then this happened at the owners meetings:

Long ovation can be heard outside MLB owner mtgs – presumably for Selig as he wraps final set of mtgs as commish

— Eric Fisher (@EricFisherSBJ) January 15, 2015

Rob Manfred officially names Bud Selig as commissioner Emeritus of #mlb at owners meetings. — Jerry Crasnick (@jcrasnick) January 15, 2015

It’s like Michael Corleone during the christening sequence in “The Godfather.” If you had any outstanding accounts with the Commissioner today, well, you best be wearing a bullet-proof vest.

He only has nine days left as commissioner. But it’s never to late to earn another one of these:

God, we’re going to miss him.

CINCINNATI — The Los Angeles Dodgers placed pitcher Noah Syndergaard on the 15-day injured list Thursday with a blister on the index finger of his right throwing hand.

Dodgers manager Dave Roberts said the timetable for Syndergaard’s return is unknown despite the 15-day designation.

“The physical, the mental, the emotional part, as he’s talked about, has taken a toll on him,” Roberts said. “So, the ability to get him away from this. He left today to go back to Los Angeles to kind of get back to normalcy.”

Syndergaard allowed six runs and seven hits in three innings against the Cincinnati Reds on Tuesday night, raising his ERA to 7.16.

Syndergaard (1-4) has surrendered at least five runs in three straight starts.

Syndergaard has been trying to return to the player he was before Tommy John surgery sidelined him for the better part of the 2020 and 2021 seasons.

Roberts said Syndergaard will need at least “a few weeks” to both heal and get away from baseball and “reset.”

“I think searching and not being comfortable with where he was at in the moment is certainly evident in performance,” Roberts said. “So hopefully this time away will provide more clarity on who he is right now as a pitcher.

“Trying to perform when you’re searching at this level is extremely difficult. I applaud him from not running from it, but it’s still very difficult. Hopefully it can be a tale of two stories, two halves when he does come back.”

It’s been a pretty good day for Bud Selig

Dodgers place pitcher Noah Syndergaard on injured list with no timetable for return