Good job, Bud

Thankfully, the World Baseball Classic is over. But as per usual, the incompetent Bud Selig was sure to make matters worse.

First, there was the story here about MLB pressuring Derek Lee, who was injured, to be a replacement for the injured Kevin Youkilis.

Then, there was Selig here, complaining about the lack of effort by the United States team. Selig, who is terrible at his job, simply should never complain about anyone else. Ever. He has lost that privilege. But more importantly - this WBC is Selig's tournament, and the only way it suceeds is if the game's top players play, they enjoy it, and they either come back or tell others they should play. But why would someone put themselves out there, at a time when they should be readying themselves for the upcoming season, if the Commissioner is going to question their effort when/if they lose. This is baseball, it isn't a series, anything can happen in any given game. The best teams in the league lose 60-70 games per season.

Bill Simmons in is mailbag yesterday really said exactly how I feel about baseball at the moment:

And when you think about how many All-Stars cheated over the past two decades -- is the number 70 percent? 75 percent? 80 percent? -- the unwillingness of the commissioner's office and the player's union to apologize publicly or admit any culpability whatsoever is really staggering. Why is Bud Selig still the commissioner? THIS HAPPENED ON HIS WATCH! Why is Gene Orza still running the players' union? THIS HAPPENED ON HIS WATCH! Everyone's collective "apology" this winter seemed to be, "Let's move on, it's spring training, the World Baseball Classic will be fun, fantasy baseball is starting up ... no use crying over spilled milk."

Ask yourself this: Do you feel like the players, union leaders, owners and executives even feel bad about what happened? Because I don't feel like they do. And it makes me kind of hate baseball. I will still follow it, and I will still love the Red Sox, and I will still do the League of Dorks ... but at the same time, when the sport flounders because of the economy this summer, part of me will be thinking, "What goes around comes around."

Thanks Bill for saying what I think needs to be screamed by anyone who cares about baseball - Why is Bud Selig still the commissioner? I don't get it, and I don't understand the lack of outrage that he continues at this job with all the damage he has helped to inflict on the sport.