Candid And Sometimes Angry, Bud Selig's New Book May Surprise You
Some of Bud Selig's new book may surprise you.
In For the Good of the Game, the former Major League Baseball commissioner is candid, sometimes foul-mouthed and angry. That's a stark contrast to his public persona when he led the sport for more than two decades, and navigated tumultuous events like the devastating player strike and the spread of performance-enhancing drugs.
Selig retired in 2015 but he's still closely connected to the game he fell in love with as a boy — and that he helped change in profound ways.
Sharp edges
Bud Selig didn't like Barry Bonds.
In 2007, Selig was miserable having to follow the steroids-tainted slugger for the San Francisco Giants, as Bonds crisscrossed the country closing in on the milestone he finally reached — breaking Henry Aaron's career home run record.
In 1995, the Clinton administration got involved in trying to resolve the baseball player strike. During a particularly heated incident, Selig launched a tirade, replete with F-bombs, against former Vice President Al Gore.
These pointed moments, recounted in the book, don't exactly jibe with Selig's sometimes unflattering
