Former baseball commissioner Bowie Kuhn dies

[Oeditpus Rex]

Can't say I'm too broken up about this. He was an assbucket.

http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20070315&content_id=1844393&vkey=news_mlb&fext=.jsp&c_id=mlb

[cmkramer]

1. Marvin Miller

I wonder if he was there to greet him at the Pearly Gates!

I firmly believe Marvin Miller deserves to be in the Baseball Hall of Fame.

[Oeditpus Rex]

2. Some announcer was sayin' that the other day

A whole lotta people don't like him, but Miller revolutionized the game — virtually created it as it is now.

I'm not sure if that's a good or bad thing, but it's certainly worthy of recognition.

[cmkramer]

4. SALON

I read an article saying the same thing in SALON some years back. I'd always wondered if there was a place for him in the Hall - wasn't sure if he was even eligible - so when I read it, I went "YES YES!"

If changing the game could be considered a reason to put someone in, he definitely belongs.

[Arkham House]

3. He should have let Charley O sell his players...

...when free agency came along. Bowie hated Charley so much that he basically twisted the truth to get him out--but Charley was right...the situation he faced with his team in 1976 was *precisely* what faced Connie Mack in 1914 and 1932...and with his actions, he didn't allow owners to sell their players for money, thereby driving the old-time baseball people like the Griffiths and the Veecks out, and ensuring that only corporations could keep teams going...a bad mistake, in my view...