Bud Selig’s Career Highlights

October 1, 2013October 1, 2013 Austin

Last week, Bud Selig announced he will retire in January 2015. (Even his retirements are slow.) We decided to take a look back at his illustrious MLB career.

1992 – Participates in radio call-in contest, wins job to be MLB Commissioner.
1994 – After realizing the Montreal Expos had a legitimate shot of making it a World Series three-peat for Canadian teams, he forced players to go on strike to end the season.
1996-1998 – Was asleep.
1999 – Got his picture taken with Randy Johnson, didn’t stop giggling.
2000 – Launched MLB Advanced Media, which is just a guy who handles Bud Selig’s emails.
2001 – Learned the rules of baseball.
2002 – Went on a kick where he was really into the NHL for awhile.
2002 – Ended the All-Star Game in a tie after neither team scored in a sudden death shoot-out.
2003 – Suggested the winning league in the All-Star Game gets home field advantage for the World Series, idea is shot down with unanimous vote, overruled vote and implemented his idea anyway.
2004 – Created the annual league-wide Jackie Robinson Day every April 15th, where every MLB player is required to play with a woman’s name.
2005 – Called to speak in front of Congress against steroid use in baseball and to reminisce with congressmen about the good ole days of the 1940s.
2007 – Vacationed in Aruba for entire season. No one noticed.
2008 – Forgot the Minnesota Twins are a Major League team.
2009 – Launched MLB Network.*
2010 – Launched his own line of cologne called Rose Bud Sé Lig, smells like authentic MLB dirt.
2011 – Hired Joe Torre to do everything for him.
2012 – Refused to implement instant replay into MLB, but did implement instant coffee into MLB headquarters after his great grandchildren got him a Keurig for Christmas.
2013 – Announced his retirement in the newspaper.
2013 – Announced his retirement again through media people actually read.
2013 – Shot a “really cool” Harlem Shake video to premier at his retirement party in January 2015.