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Originally Posted by dfs
I'm not going to argue about the all-star game, but you see a lot of posts about what a joke Bud is. Bud has been FANTASTIC for the game of baseball.
It's a short list, but he's been hands down the best commissioner in my lifetime.
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IMO Bud has been reactionary instead of proactive. The NFL laid the groundwork for most of the technological advances that MLB adapted. The All-Star game, the steroid era, and not to forget a canceled World Series. I think baseball did a good job of taking advantage of a technological boom, one they did nothing to create.
I will not consider baseball to be in a new "Golden Age" until kids stop quitting baseball to play basketball, football, soccer, and even lacrosse.