Bug Selig (MLB Commissioner) jealous of NFL coverage

[Dpantherman]

Posted by Mike Florio on April 5, 2010 5:56 PM ET

Once it became inevitable that the Eagles would be trading quarterback Donovan McNabb, the issue then became one of timing.

And, coincidentally or not, the timing meshed with -- and overshadowed -- the bunting-filled launch of baseball season. To the dismay of MLB Commissioner Bud Selig.

Asked about the McNabb deal, Selig sounded off, per Mark Viera of the Washington Post. "Goodness gracious, I'm a football fan -- this is Opening Day," Selig said. "If you really want to know I'm going to give you a brutally honest answer. I got up at 5:30 this morning and did my daily workout. And I was watching an unnamed channel and that's all they were talking about. I turned it off, that was my reaction. My goodness gracious."

Apart from the fact that Selig violated the code of baseball elitists purists and openly acknowledged the sport they regard as pro wrestling on grass, Selig broke out a grossly outdated phrase -- twice.

Then again, "goodness gracious" probably is appropriate, since it rose to popularity in the 1960s, the last decade in which baseball could make an arguable claim to actually being the national pastime.

http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2010/04/05/bud-selig-tunes-out-mcnabb-talk/

To me this seems obvious, but I will go ahead and ask, is baseball still America's Favorite pastime??

[blackcatgrowl]

Baseball was my grandfather's national pastime. And he's been dead since 1984.

[Dpantherman]

i spelled pastime wrong in the poll. sorry folks.

[DudeNamedJeremy]

baseball is boring as poo

football > life

[mr beauxjangles]

baseball is boring.

there i said it.

EDIT: damn, murq beat me to it.

[DynastyRTR]

I love football, Baseball is America's favorite pastime. btw, GO BRAVES

[SorthNarolina]

I like baseball games for like a leisurely family pinic sorta vibe. It's usually quiet so you can talk to your friends and whatnot.

Football is for an upbeat party sorta vibe you do with your friends or fun family members. I love it. I've never been to a Panthers regular season game though. Just preseason games, and Clemson games.

[Brokenbad]

Baseball may be America's "Pastime" but thats literally all it is...passing time until the football season begins!

[necroplasm]

baseball used to be, but now football has taken over.

[Swarly]

Baseball is fun as hell to play, but frankly I'd rather watch paint dry than watch it on TV.

[OneBadassCat]

The only reason it was ever baseball was because football was not as prominent back in the day. The clear answer is football.

[Acewalker]

Going to baseball games to chill with your friends and watch the game leisurely is alright, but it doesn't compare to football

[CatMan72]

Who is this "Bud Selig" you speak of and what is "MLB"?

[PhillyB]

Baseball is fun as hell to play, but frankly I'd rather watch paint dry than watch it on TV.

qft

also what two asses voted baseball