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Selig Likely to Miss Bonds' Next Four Games

Posted Aug 06, 2007 3:33PM By Larry Brown (RSS feed)

Filed Under: Washington, DC, Nationals, Giants, NL East, NL West, San Francisco

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The Giants have a four game series with the Nationals in San Francisco that begins tonight, and funny enough, the stoic Bud Selig will reportedly miss all four games. That's according to Barry M. Bloom of MLB.com, because the AP report said Selig would miss the first three games of the series. Two weeks ago, it was Bob DuPuy standing in for Selig. This week, it will be two different MLB officials.
Commissioner Bud Selig's schedule will preclude him from being there until later in the week. In his stead, Jimmie Lee Solomon, a Major League Baseball executive vice president, is slated to be in attendance Monday and Tuesday, and Hall of Famer Frank Robinson, an MLB advisor, is slated to replace him Wednesday and Thursday.
Surprise surprise, Bonds hasn't received congrats from the commish on 755 either:
Bonds shrugged when told that the Commissioner probably won't be in attendance the next few days. Bonds never heard from Selig directly after the game, although the Commissioner released a congratulatory statement. But Bonds said he did speak to Ken Griffey Jr. and had voice messages from his godfather, Willie Mays, and Alex Rodriguez, who earlier Saturday hit his 500th homer at Yankee Stadium.

There was no message from Aaron, either, Bonds said.

Sound to me like there's a pretty good chance Selig won't be there when Bonds breaks the record, and my guess is, that's fine by Bud. Let the criticism rain.

Previously at FanHouse:
Bud Selig Watched But Didn't Clap
Bud Selig Will Send Bob DuPuy to Watch Bonds in San Francisco This Weekend

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