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 More General NewsGeneral LinksMajor League Baseball commissioner Bud Selig insists that the sport is still the national pastime, and says that the World Series won't be played at a neutral site anytime soon. "There's no doubt about it," Selig said of the game's standing in America. "If you look at all the variables ... I'll just look at it from our perspective. We have set attendance records in four of the last five years with numbers that nobody ever thought possible. And the only reason we didn't break it last year was some really horrid weather in September: hurricanes, a lot of rain outs. Our gross revenues were over $6.5 billion. The sport is more popular today than ever before." He also touched on the weather disaster that was last fall's World Series between the Phillies and Rays, but doesn't anticipate any changes. "Not as long as I'm commissioner," Selig said. "Look, can you imagine the Cubs or the White Sox getting in a World Series and telling the people of Chicago that they have to go to San Diego? It's not possible. "Part of the charm of fighting to get into the World Series is having the lasting memories from playing in front of your fans in your own ballpark." |
