Bud Selig: Commissioner of the Incompetent

USA Today is reporting that Bud Selig is leaning toward suspending Yankees DH Jason Giambi if he refuses to cooperate with the George Mitchell investigation. On the outside it would appear that Bud Selig has finally made a statement and that he is beginning to take a firm stand on the issue of steroids but that is far from the truth. The reality is that this is probably the weakest thing that Selig has done in dealing with the issues of steroids in baseball. This is once again another incompetent step from the Commissioner to slide under the rug the reality of the era of steroids. You see if Selig goes through with this dog and pony show of suspending Giambi it will take the union two seconds to appeal the suspension and arbitrator even less time to throw it out but Commissioner Selig will have given the impression that he has tried to do something and couldn't get the players to cooperate with him and he then can end the investigation and move on. This whole investigation has been a joke from the start because as much as Selig and others may have disliked what Giambi said he was telling the truth and making an excellent point. We all could have been saved this sham of an investigation if MLB had come out and said we were all guilty but we have taken the steps necessary to clean up the game and we are moving forward but of course that didn't happen because MLB management with Selig at the top were unwilling to accept blame for their part in the steroids era. It is this incompetence that has defined Selig's reign over MLB. For all the good that has happened, the Wildcard, interleague play, etc., it has been far outweighed by Selig's blunders in dealing with the players that make up the game he is responsible for governing. So as we evaluate this latest attempt for Commissioner Selig to feign concern for the game by him going after Jason Giambi, we will continue to see the broom that rests in Selig's hand as he continues to sweep his own role in the steroids era under the rug.