Halle-bleeping-lujah. <blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p>Commissioner Bud Selig to formally announce retirement on Thursday - <a href="http://t.co/PG0qQEYxmN">http://t.co/PG0qQEYxmN</a> <a href="http://t.co/VsCDvcv908">http://t.co/VsCDvcv908</a></p>— Danny Knobler (@DannyKnoblerCBS) <a href="https://twitter.com/DannyKnoblerCBS/statuses/383289989129584642">September 26, 2013</a></blockquote> <script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script> Selig, 79, has insisted he will retire following the 2014 season for some time now. It's not the first time he's hinted at retirement either. Selig announced he would retire following the 2009 season back in 2006. He then signed a new three-year contract in 2008 and said he will retire following 2012. A new two-year contract following that.
Good riddance, and he's gone just in time for our ascent to begin. When we are playing in the 2016 World Series, maybe we can use the roof we paid for however we want to this time. F**k Selig, I can't say that enough.
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This morning I was watching SportsCenter with my older son after putting the younger son on the school bus. This news came on that Selig was leaving in 2014. He yells at the TV, "why couldn't it have been in 2006??" and threw his Pop Tart down on the floor. Then looked over at me and calmly said, "I'll pick that up."
So what will be his parting gift to the Astros? *Buys up the remaining signs on the community leaders billboard and puts his face on them. *Moves the team to the AL East *Allows the Brewers to change their colors to resemble the Astros new scheme. *Takes a position within the front office; renames Tal's Hill to Bud's Berm. *All of the Above.
