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IS BEESTON'S STAY AT MLB OFFICE TIED TO SELIG'S FUTURE?

          Before MLB Acting Commissioner Bud Selig "can drop the
     'acting' from the unofficial title by which he has been
     known for more than five years, or before he can shed the
     label entirely, he has to decide which part of his life is
     tugging harder at his head and heart: his team and its park-
     under construction or [MLB COO] Paul Beeston," according to
     Murray Chass of the N.Y. TIMES.  Beeston "wants Selig to
     become commissioner; he feels so strongly about it, in fact,
     that if someone else gets the job he very likely will look
     for work elsewhere.  He did not say that in a recent
     interview, but another baseball official says he has told
     Selig that."  Selig "is reluctant to discuss the continued
     speculation" about the job of commissioner, as he continues
     to interview candidates with Commissioner Search Committee
     and Rockies Chair Jerry McMorris.  Chass: "The commissioner
     search has been so quiet that some people are skeptical that
     it is taking place.  But the secrecy has held because only
     Selig and McMorris have been involved in the interviewing
     process that has reduced the list of candidates, one
     official said, to three" (N.Y. TIMES, 12/12).

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