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Selig to retire in January 2015
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Major League Baseball Commissioner Bud Selig said on Thursday that he will resign in January of 2015, ending a reign of more than 20 years that began as an interim boss in 1992.
Selig had already said two years ago that the 2014 season would be his last in charge, but gave details about his farewell and the process to name a successor.
“It remains my great privilege to serve the game I have loved,” Selig said. “Baseball is the greatest game ever invented and I look forward to continuing its extraordinary growth and addressing several significant issues during the remainder of my term.”
Selig, 79, was owner of the Milwaukee Brewers before he took over as the interim commissioner in 1992 after owners voted out Fay Vincent and was named to the job on a permanent basis in 1998.
MLB has grown into a US$9 billion business during Selig’s tenure, but has also been stained by doping scandals, including one this year that prompted Selig to impose a 211-game doping ban upon New York Yankees star Alex Rodriguez, who is playing as he appeals the suspension.
Selig said in 2003 that he would retire in 2006 but has repeatedly accepted new contracts. Some owners — even his wife — have been skeptical in the past that he really would do it.
He said he will leave on January 24, 2015, which would mark the second-longest term for a baseball commissioner behind Kenesaw Mountain Landis, who served from November 1920 to November 1944.
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