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50 Most Influential: Bud Selig


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Now beginning the victory lap of his deeply impactful tenure as commissioner, Selig has plenty of the league’s operations in place for the foreseeable future. But he will continue to wield tremendous power — his voice will be key in terms of who will succeed him, and he still has plenty of unresolved issues in front of him for his final year in office, including Alex Rodriguez and the stadium issues in Oakland and Tampa.

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