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Hey baseball fans!
Today I have a very special interview for you. One of my biggest ones yet. It’s with a very famous baseball figure and someone who I am very honored to have interviewed via email. He used to be the owner of the Brewers, but he is currently the Commissioner of Major League Baseball: Allan H. “Bud” Selig! But before I get to the interview, let me tell you a little bit about him.
Commissioner Selig: Events that I’ve witnessed live: In 1982, the Brewers winning the American League Pennant in a thrilling game against the Angels in Game Five of that series. Cal Ripken‘s record-breaking game on September 6, 1995 in Baltimore was really historic and very unique. Henry Aaron hitting a home run in September of 1957 to win the National League Pennant for the Milwaukee Braves. I was just a young man at that time and it made an enormous impression on me. Events that I would have like to have witnessed live: Bobby Thomson‘s dramatic home run – the Shot Heard Around the World, Don Larsen‘s perfect game in 1956 and Henry Aaron breaking Babe Ruth‘s record in 1974. I saw it on television but, unfortunately, as close as Henry and I are, I missed that historic baseball event in person.
Commissioner Selig: I do not know about having free time but I do intend to teach at Marquette University, the University of Wisconsin in Madison, and also Arizona State University. I do also intend to write a book and all of this will keep me very busy and I am looking forward to it.
Matt: Do you ever get together with the commissioners of the NBA, NFL and NHL? If so, what do you talk about, and do you ever give each other suggestions?
Commissioner Selig: The commissioners of the various professional sports do get together. I would say to you that we enjoy each other’s company and I have a most enjoyable relationship with all of them. We really do not make suggestions to each other as each league has a unique set of issues to deal with.
Commissioner Selig: We will eventually select my successor but I really would not like to get into this directly because the proper individuals will select the next Commissioner of Baseball in due time.
Matt: I started my blog about baseball history because I was finding that most of my friends knew very little about it and weren’t really interested in it. Do you have any suggestions on how to increase baseball history interest in kids today?
Commissioner Selig: Baseball history is unique and extraordinarily special and I agree that the kids of today should have an interest in it because it is the greatest teacher about our game and life in general. I would encourage them to watch many of the great historical baseball movies and read some of the enormous amount of books on the topic of baseball that are just fascinating.
Matt: When you owned the Brewers, if you could have added any one hitter and one pitcher from MLB history onto your team, who would it have been?
Commissioner Selig: If I could have added one hitter when I owned the Brewers it would have been the great Ted Williams who I consider to be the greatest hitter in baseball history and the pitcher I would have added would have been Sandy Koufax who for seven or eight years just dominated the game of baseball from the mound.
Well, that’s the interview. A big thank you to Commissioner Selig for answering all of my questions. And a shout out to Robert Manfred for helping me arrange this interview. Anyway, thanks for reading this post. I hope you enjoyed it and check back in a couple of days for more of “all the buzz on what wuzz.”
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