Alan "Bud" Selig is rooting hard for a certain NL Central team.  Specifically, he is rooting for its best player.  It stands to reason that Selig likes Ryan Braun of the Milwaukee Brewers.  Blog over, right?  Wrong!  Bud Selig has to be rooting for Albert Pujols right now.

Why does Selig want Pujols to mash himself into the sixty home run range?  It's all about the best interest of the game.  Remember that clause?  Remember the Mitchell Report that grants the Commissioner full authority to deal with the steroid issue (see my Emperor Bud entry from that period)? 

Baseball's two sacred records both deal with the long ball.  Both are held by a player who appeared in the Mitchell Report, and has ongiong perjury proceedings related to the matter.