Bud Selig’s speech and subsequent Q&A session was about an hour long total. The speech was a brief history of Selig’s time as an owner, then as the commissioner. Not naturally the most charismatic of speakers, Selig’s sporadic eye contact with the audience made the delivery fairly dull, and the speech an exercise in self-aggrandizement. [...]

I’ll be attending tonight’s Commonwealth Club event featuring Bud Selig in San Jose. I may be able to ask him a question. What would you ask the commish? I have a list so far, and I except to check off most of those questions as the night progresses. Expect an update later tonight. Share this:

An article in the San Jose Business Journal summarizes the current situation with SB 4 and has comment from local politicians from Fremont and San Jose. Though the piece has a definite South Bay focus, the financing structure created once SB 4 passes would be available to every city, county, and joint powers authority in [...]

Any pursuit of KTCT-1050 AM as the A’s flagship may soon be rendered moot when Susquehanna Pfaltzgraff decides which bidder wins the right to purchase its radio properties. Bidding is open for Susquehanna Media until September 13, though the company isn’t releasing any other details. The parent company, Susquehanna Pfaltzgraff, has already divested itself of [...]

SI.com just released their baseball Fan Value Index, which attempts to quantify the experience at each of the thirty MLB ballparks based on prices, amenities, and “intangibles” such as neighborhood and atmosphere. McAfee Coliseum landed right in the middle, at #15 between Yankee Stadium and U.S. Cellular Field. In giving the Coliseum a score of [...]