DRINKING KOOL-AID ON THE GRAVY TRAIN

"With the new collective-bargaining agreement in place, calls are being made for Bud Selig to be immortalized in the Hall of Fame."

• I love the device, "calls are being made..." very passive, usual way for media types to put forth an agenda. Who's making what calls?
• Selig already has the most powerful media machine in the world, but there are fewer kids playing baseball.
• What are the motives of the Newsday reporter here, Ken Davidoff, for joining the brigade of sycophants? Has he analyzed the latest labor agreement? Is he looking to be in the writers' wing of the Baseball HOF himself? Returning to his article:

"This space will sign off on that, on one condition: It's time, once and for all, for Selig to take accountability for the steroids era. Selig's accomplishments are too numerous to list here. His batting average on innovations exceeds Ty Cobb's (.367) at the plate. But the record book was forever tainted on his watch, and all it takes is a simple "the buck stops here." Just "this happened on my watch, and therefore it belongs on my record, along with the myriad positives." Come on, Bud. People will think even more highly of you when you say it."

• Please, Mr. Davidoff. Folks, things are much worse than I thought.

Statements from Ken Davidoff's Newsday column, 10/29/06

Tweet Stumbleupon StumbleUpon