Bud Selig: Baseball's George W Bush

The NY Post pulled an "all-nighter" trying to come up with this headline.

Bud Selig trying to remember if he put on pants this morning...

In yet another bonehead move, MLB commissioner and all around doofus Bud Selig has announced he would like to look into reprimanding A Rod for admitting to use steroids.  This comes as a large surprise as Selig himself has no such power.

For starters: these tests were for the MLBPA only and thus no persons outside the agreement has the ability to see the names, no less release them (ahem).  He cannot take action on A Rod because of the 2003 agreement.  The union should have destroyed the results; however, their error does not mean that the terms of this contract should be voided.

Entrees: when A Rod tested positive there was no penalty for steroid use.  Yes it was illegal--but the baseball union knows how to push its owners around in a way the auto workers could only dream of.  So Selig is suggesting penalizing a player, who came clean--albeit feebly, under the current laws.  We here at DB love and respect the rule of law in the US and would love to point out this example of an ex post facto reaction.  Of course Selig, a political science and history major from the University of Wisconsin, would know that such actions are deemed unconstitutional under Article I, Section 9 of our Constitution and thus any suspension would violate the foundation of the American legal system.

Deserts: Selig, much like Bush, seems to cause a blunder with every step.  However, he still makes upwards of $18 million per season.  So it is a DB conclusion that he must be attempting to do something to earn his pay.  Even if it makes him look much worse in the process.