3. MLB commissioner Bud Selig.
At the beginning of last week, the World Series between the (now champion) Philadelphia Phillies and upstart Tampa Bay Rays was nearing its end, but halted by rain in Philly. And not without controversy. It was Game 5 and Philly was up 3 games to 1 when, after 6 innings and a 2-2 score, baseball fans everywhere were wondering: "Is Philly going to win the championship via a rain-shortened game?" Bud Selig, not one known for anticipating and dealing with problems before they get out of hand, waited until the press conference after the tie game to announce that the rules guiding rain-shortened games will be suspended, meaning the Phillies-Rays would have to play out the full 9 innings of all remaining games to decide the World Series championship. That would have been nice for the players, managers, fans, and broadcasters to know before Game 5 (and even Game 4, to be honest) wouldn't it, Mr. Selig?! So Selig gets a nod for stupidly waiting until it was almost too late to change the rules regarding rainouts.
4. Miami Dolphins owner Wayne Huizenga, who mouthed off to the media a couple of weeks ago that he would try and sell the Dolphins before Democrat Barack Obama (possibly) gets elected, because he (wrongly) thinks Obama's going to raise his capital gains taxes by 50%. Not to get too political here, but some straight facts for you: Obama proposes to raise the rate modestly from 15% to 20%, which is not only just a 33% increase but 1/3 lower a tax rate than Ronald Reagan's capital gains rate of 28% in his 2nd term as president. Whether you are or aren't a fan of Obama and his tax plans is one thing. But for a sports owner to say he's going to try and sell his team in a couple of weeks based on a misreading of a presidential candidate's proposals is not only unnecessarily divisive but just plain bad business, in my opinion.
5. Fox Sports reporter Danyelle Sargent, for saying new 49ers coach Mike Singletary called 49ers legend Bill Walsh upon finding out he was coaching the team. Problem is, Walsh is dead. Oops!
6. North Texas football coach Todd Dodge, who said his team didn't have drug issues - even though 15 of 86 players tested positive for illegal drugs this year.
That's it. Now discuss, vote (here and in that OTHER election while there's still time), or all of the above.
Article comments
1 - Matthew T. Sussman
Larry Johnson beats up women, but Sargent inflicts damage to herself, so I'll go with her.
2 - charlie
As usual, it's a hard choice this week. Sargent would've been my vote if it wasn't Selig's turn to be a dimwit yet again. I mean, can you imagine the chaos that would've happened if the Phillies were up 3-2 or 2-1 after 6 innings this time last week and they started to celebrate a championship before Selig comes running out of wherever he was to say something like: "Hold off that celebration! Game's not over. 'Cuz I said so."? He's got my vote. (And contrary to what you may think, I'm not usually this hard on Selig, but I can see why a lot of people have been)