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 Bud
Selig,
born on July 30, 1934 is a baseball
team owner and administrator,
appointed commissioner of baseball
on July 2, 1998 after some years as
acting commissioner. Selig is a
resident of Milwaukee and a wealthy
car dealer.
In
1969 he responded to the 1965
departure of the local Braves to
Atlanta by petitioning the Major
Leagues to transfer the newly
bankrupt Seattle Pilots franchise to
his home town, where he took over
ownership of the team that changed
its name to the Milwaukee Brewers.
As
acting commissioner he presided over
the 1994 players' strike and the
resulting cancellation of the
Baseball/World Series, the first
time it had not been played since
1904.
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