Bud Selig, Major League Baseball's commissioner, has been under some pressure lately regarding whether he'd try to attend Barry Bonds' record tying and breaking home run games. It's no secret that Bud doesn't like Barry for all the steroid hullabaloo. However, Bud made a move last week for the good of the game he's responsible for leading & selling... he said he was going to start attending Barry's games in the hope of seeing him break the record. That was the right thing to do. It was a good PR move and in line with his responsibilities as MLB's chief executive.
Unfortunately, Barry's struggling in another slump, and now, after 8 days of following Barry, Bud's had enough. He described his arduous journey (spending a week in SF and 2 days in LA) as a "Herculean effort". Watching 8 baseball games was Herculean??? This coming from the guy responsible for leading baseball??? You want your employees to be open and honest, so you don't want him to lie, but wouldn't you expect that the MLB commish should be singing a different tune? He should be saying "I'm happy this has given me the opportunity to get out of the office and to the ballpark" and he shouldn't need a PR person to tell him that.
Bud has let his personal opinions get in the way of doing his job, and that's something that no professional can ever let happen.
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Could not agree more...the fact that he would expect it from his employees in the MLB offices to be there everyday to do their jobs...and now I see that he will be at the weekend games in San Diego (Which is where he should be) geez Bud having to work the weekend, what a shame...I'm not a Barry backer, but it would serve Bud right, if Barry just kept struggling and Bud had to stay on the road
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