On December 1, 2006, Selig announced that he would be retiring as commissioner of baseball upon the expiration of his contract in 2009.

He further decided against retirement, and after a two-year extension for the previous deal was agreed to on January 12, 2012, it was announced that Selig would remain commissioner until the end of the 2014 season.

Selig had already announced plans to rename the team the Brewers, a name that had been used by past Milwaukee baseball teams ( most notably by a very successful minor league team that played there from 1902 to 1952 ).

On January 16, 2004, Selig announced that his ownership group was putting the team up for sale, to the great relief of many fans who were unhappy with the team's lackluster performance and poor management by his daughter, Wendy Selig-Prieb, over the previous decade.

On May 15, 2003, MLB commissioner Bud Selig announced that the sale of the Angels to Moreno had been approved.

On June 16, 2010, MLB Commissioner Bud Selig announced that Kauffman Stadium has been awarded the 2012 MLB All-Star game.

On April 25, 2011, Major League Baseball Commissioner Bud Selig announced Schieffer would oversee the Los Angeles Dodgers ' business and financial operations, due to increasing concerns over the current ownership's ability to run the team.

In April 2011, Baseball Commissioner Bud Selig announced that MLB would be appointing a representative to oversee the day-to-day operations of the Dodgers.

Minutes after the game's scheduled start time, a tearful Girardi announced to the crowd that the game was canceled by Commissioner of Baseball Bud Selig " because of a tragedy in the Cardinal family ", without alluding to Kile's death.

Allan Huber " Bud " Selig (; born July 30, 1934 ) is the ninth and current Commissioner of Major League Baseball, having served in that capacity since 1992 as the acting commissioner, and as the official commissioner since 1998.

On July 1, 2005, Selig suspended Texas Rangers pitcher Kenny Rogers for 20 games and fined him $ 50, 000.

On July 22, 2005, Selig heard Rogers ' appeal of his suspension.

* July 30 – Bud Selig, American Major League Baseball commissioner

On July 27, 2009, the New York Daily News reported that Commissioner Selig has seriously considered lifting Rose's lifetime suspension from baseball.

Since MLB had not agreed to any changes to the agreement, MLB Commissioner Bud Selig declared that MLB would recognize Soriano as a free agent on July 13, 1998, and the Carp backed down.

Edward Selig Salomon ( December 25, 1836 – July 18, 1913 ) was a German immigrant to the United States who served as a Union brigadier general in the American Civil War and later became governor of Washington Territory and a California legislator.

Induction ceremonies in Cooperstown were held July 31 with Commissioner Bud Selig presiding.

William Nicholas Selig ( March 14, 1864 – July 15, 1948 ) was a pioneer of the American motion picture industry.

William Selig died on July 15, 1948.

Congressman Cliff Stearns said in December 2007 that Selig should resign because of use of performance enhancing drugs in baseball during his tenure.

Selig and his family served a supportive role on the Advisory Board of the Israel Baseball League during its inaugural season in 2007.

In the January 2007 Congressional hearings on performance enhancing drugs, Congressman Henry Waxman asked Commissioner Bud Selig to discipline Sabean and Magowan for their culpability.

On August 7, 2007, Solomon was in attendance during the game which Barry Bonds broke the all-time home run record previously held by Hank Aaron in place of Selig.

Across Campus Drive are the other athletic facilities, the Robert B. Jamieson Football Stadium ( 1949, named in 1975 ), which includes a track ( 1958 ) and the Sigmund Selig Pearl Memorial Field House ( 1950 ), and beyond the football stadium, the Willie Young / Lewis McCall Memorial Baseball Field ( 1953, named in 1974 and 2007 ), and the Cross Country trail ( 1962 ).

In the January 2007 Congressional hearings on performance enhancing drugs, Congressman Henry Waxman asked Commissioner Bud Selig to discipline Sabean and Magowan for their culpability.

His father, Ben Selig, had come to the United States from Romania with his family when he was four years old.

Selig was devastated when he learned that the Braves were going to leave Milwaukee in favor of Atlanta.

Bud Selig was a close friend of the late Bart Giamatti, who was the commissioner when Rose was first banned from the sport in 1989.

Bud Selig also did not attend the San Francisco Giants ' baseball game on August 7 when Barry Bonds hit his record-breaking 756th home run ; after the event, Selig released a statement congratulating Bonds.

The move to filming in California had begun when Selig, one of the MPPC companies, sent a production unit there in 1909.

The strike prematurely ended what could have been the Rangers ' first division championship when commissioner Bud Selig canceled the remainder of the season and the playoffs.

He was identified by his Yiddish name, Moishe Selig, when he had his belated bar mitzvah in " Buddy Sorrell – Man and Boy.

Selig acted as a de facto commissioner under title of " Chairman of the Executive Council " from 1992 to 1998, when the office of commissioner was vacant.

Selig continued to own and manage the building until 1989, when financial problems forced him to sell it to Seafirst Corporation for $ 354 million.

On rare occasions, the show will stray from its basic format, such as on August 9, 2005, when baseball commissioner Bud Selig was the guest at the very top of the show for an extended interview.

" Despite her good notices, her luck took a turn for the worse when Selig Polyscope went bust.

Her knowledge of the political machinations becomes even greater when she sees in Selig's room a letter to him from Melisande Shahrizai, who is helping Selig to betray Isidore.

On March 30, 2006, as a response to the controversy of the use of performance-enhancing drugs and the anticipated career home run record to be set by Barry Bonds, Selig asked former senator George Mitchell to lead an independent investigation into the use of steroids in baseball's recent past.

For months, speculation surrounded Selig and the possibility that he and Hank Aaron would not attend Bonds ' games as he closed in on the record.

Selig was in attendance for Bonds ' record-tying home run against the San Diego Padres, sitting in Padres owner John Moores ' private suite.

When Bonds hit his 755th home run, Selig refused to applaud Bonds ' accomplishment, instead choosing to keep his hands in his pockets and have a look of disdain on his face.

Vincent wrote in the April 24, 2006 issue of Sports Illustrated, that with most of Bonds ' official troubles being off the field, and with the strength of the players ' union, there was little Bud Selig could do beyond appointing an investigating committee.

* Vincent: Selig may have to take a stand on Bonds