The most powerful man in Major League Baseball, Bud Selig, is also the most reviled. Fans hate baseball's commissioner because of a perception that he has mangled the sport's economics, because he decided to end the 2002 All-Star Game with the score tied, and just because he looks like the last guy who'd be picked for a Fourth of July whiffle-ball game. His nickname, "Bud Lite," captures his image as a weak-willed cipher with nothing like the fearsome reputation of his NBA counterpart David Stern or the charisma of Kennesaw Mountain Landis, baseball's first commissioner. Even the Bud Selig Fan Club Blog likes to pile on, with the slogan "All B.S., All the Time."Of course, that's the opening paragraph.
Bud Selig did a lot for this city by bringing back baseball and steering the Milwaukee Brewers through the brief glory years. But the stadium controversy, the All Star Game, and the team's management under his daughter eventually they took their toll on Bud's reputation and some of the good things taking place during his tenure as Commissioner of Major League Baseball are getting ignored by his hometown and by baseball writers across the country.
