Selig should take a harder look at Cabrera
Bud Selig, commissioner of Major League Baseball, recently said there’ll be no interference from him if Melky Cabrera wins the National League batting championship this season.
Selig also said in the interview with the YES Network that he would take a look at the situation at the end of the year, but he wants to see how things play out.
Cabrera, currently serving a 50-game suspension for a positive drug test, is leading the National League in hitting with a .346 average (through Wednesday’s games), and is a few points ahead of Pittsburgh Pirates center fielder Andrew McCutchen at .340.
When Selig says he will take a look at the end of the year, does he mean if Cabrera wins the title they will strip him of it? Or does he mean a rule will be put in place for the future if anyone gets caught testing positive for pharmaceuticals?
He is leaving it pretty vague, and I’m stunned by the league’s cavalier attitude. For the commissioner to say we don’t want to interrupt the process, wasn’t that process interrupted by the suspension?
I don’t believe a player accused of cheating should be given any kind of postseason credit. And I’m flabbergasted Selig doesn’t just say — “hey Melky, you cheated and abused steroids to enhance your performance. You’re out!”
While I previously have called Selig the best commissioner in sports in the last five years, I was referring to some of his moves — adding the wild-card, creating interleague play, getting attendance at an all-time high, and helping to restore the game to prominence.
He also added drug testing, but in this incident Selig buries his head in the sand and ignores Cabrera’s crime.
To me, it doesn’t make sense. Selig should be the most outraged.
Let’s hope Cabrera doesn’t win the batting title, but if Melky wins the award for highest average, that’s on the commissioner and it’s wrong in so many ways.
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