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Bud Selig

Posthumous Reinstatement Resurrects Rose’s HoF Candidacy

The candidacy of Rose, Jackson and the others will be considered by the Hall of Fame’s Historical Overview Committee, which has been tasked with compiling the eight names to be included on the Classic Baseball Era Committee ballot. The committee votes on candidates who made their most significant contributions to the game before 1980 and meets again in December of 2027.…
May 22, 2025

BUD SELIG AWED AS HALL BECKONS

Commissioner At 22 Main Today BUD SELIG AWED  AS HALL BECKONS A few minutes ago, Bud Selig, the former MLB commissioner, signs the base where his plaque will be mounted the evening of Sunday, July 30, after he joins players Jeff Bagwell, Tim Raines and Pudge Rodriguez, and fellow executive John Schuerholz in the National Baseball Hall of Fame’s 2017 Induction that afternoon at the Clark Sports Center fields. As commissioner, Selig had been on the Induction rostrum for 17 years…
April 27, 2017

Bud Selig To Enter Cooperstown Mecca

Bud Selig To Enter Cooperstown Mecca COOPERSTOWN – Bud Selig, “the folksy former commissioner of Major League Baseball who presided over an unprecedented period of expansion, innovation and turmoil in the sport,” was elected to the Hall of Fame on Sunday by the hall’s restructured veterans committee, the New York Times is reporting this morning. So was John Schuerholz, the World Series-winning general manager with the Atlanta Braves and the Kansas City Royals.…
December 5, 2016

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