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Exclusive Q&A with Bud Selig on steroids, replay and more

Selig: Well, I'm a history buff and I will teach some courses when I'm done with all this. I've often said I'll let historians make that judgment. It's hard

Tom Verducci

Exclusive Q&A with Bud Selig on steroids, replay and more
Exclusive Q&A with Bud Selig on steroids, replay and more /
Bud Selig is scheduled to retire as commissioner of baseball in January 2015.
Bud Selig is scheduled to retire as commissioner of baseball in January 2015 / SI

Selig: Well, I'm a history buff and I will teach some courses when I'm done with all this. I've often said I'll let historians make that judgment. It's hard for somebody to say about themselves, "Well, this is what I hope people remember." But I would say this to you: if you look at where we were in 1992 in terms of attendance, revenue, popularity, game itself, competitive balance, labor peace, go on and on, I think the last 21, 22 years of baseball have been really remarkably good. But I've got to let others draw those conclusions.

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Tom Verducci
TOM VERDUCCI

Tom Verducci is a senior writer for Sports Illustrated who has covered Major League Baseball since 1981. He also serves as an analyst for FOX Sports and the MLB Network; is a New York Times best-selling author; and cohosts The Book of Joe podcast with Joe Maddon. A five-time Emmy Award winner across three categories (studio analyst, reporter, short form writing) and nominated in a fourth (game analyst), he is a three-time National Sportswriter of the Year winner, two-time National Magazine Award finalist, and a Penn State Distinguished Alumnus Award recipient. Verducci is a member of the National Sports Media Hall of Fame, Baseball Writers Association of America (including past New York chapter chairman) and a Baseball Hall of Fame voter since 1993. He also is the only writer to be a game analyst for World Series telecasts. He lives in New Jersey with his wife, with whom he has two children.

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