May 22, 2003

BOB ON BUD: What a

BOB ON BUD: What a self-serving, nauseating interview with Bud Selig, by Bob Costas, on HBO's "Real Sports" last night. I wish I had a transcript so I could Fisk it. In the interview, whether discussing Pete Rose, the steroid situation, or his asinine plan for homefield advantage to be decided by the All-Star Game, Selig alternated between dodging Costas' questions and supplying inane justifications for his past bad decisions, such as his defense of MLB's near-non-existent steroid-testing politics- "I banned steroids in the minor leagues!" Oh yea? Want a cookie?
That Costas has often been discussed as a logical candidate for commissioner himself was sort of the elephant in the room throughout the interview- it would be like if John Kerry interviewed George W. Bush and didn't mention that he was running for president. Costas, ever the gentleman and yet ever the hard-nosed interviewer, tried really hard to keep his contempt for Selig a secret but hey, that's hard for anyone to do. There can be no question now that baseball will not reach its greatest potential as our national pastime as long as Bud Selig is commissioner.
Loathsome as Bryant Gumbel is, "Real Sports" really does come up with interesting stuff on a fairly regular basis- last night's show also consisted of a fascinating interview with Terry Bradshaw who has (who knew?) battled clinical depression for many years, as well as a fun profile of Kornheiser and Wilbon, and a look at the torture of Iraqi athletes when the Olympic team was run by Uday Hussein.

Posted by Stephen Silver at May 22, 2003 01:03 AM
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