Column: Will Selig’s entry crack open door to Hall of Fame?
Everything about baseball got bigger during Bud Selig’s reign as commissioner.
What’s important to remember is how. Because the same outsized contributions that earned him entry into the Hall of Fame should crack open the door wide enough for stars from the super-sized era to squeeze in behind him. It’s time.
One big reason attendance, TV revenues and franchise values all grew while he was in charge was that players like Barry Bonds and Roger Clemens — taking advantage of a lax drug policy and the see-no-evil administration Selig headed for years — bulked up even faster.