I’m no fan of Barry Bonds, but he is closing in on the biggest record in his sport and it is petty of the commissioner to be so coy about his intentions.
For those of you who have not been following, Commissioner Bud Selig has refused to say if he plans to be in attendance when the record is broken.
“I understand that I am the commissioner of baseball, and this is the most hallowed record in American sports,” Selig said. “I understand [the writers] have a job to do, and I’d be asking the same questions if I were you. But it’s something I’m going to handle my own way. I’ll do what I believe is in the best interests of baseball.”
Kevin Kernan in the New York Post explains why Selig needs to be there.
I also think Hank Aaron, the current record holder and one of the classiest and guttiest guys to ever play the game, should be there. But that’s his call, as Kernan said. He doesn’t officially represent baseball.
(Read this superb column on Aaron and America’s new culture of cheating by Derrick Z. Jackson in The Boston Globe.)
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