Tuesday was the fifth anniversary of Bud Selig becoming
MLB's acting commissioner. In N.Y., Murray Chass wrote that
the owners "have not moved full speed ahead in their quest
for a new commissioner. Despite appearances to the contrary,
though, Selig said the search committee, in conjunction with
a head-hunting firm, has been busy" (N.Y. TIMES, 9/9). In
Dallas, Ken Daley: "Selig continues dodging the question of
whether he intends to keep the job permanently. And although
a committee supposedly is searching for a replacement, there
is no evidence the search is being conducted with any real
vigor, nor that its eventual recommendation will be for
anyone but Selig" (DALLAS MORNING NEWS, 9/9). On CNBC's
"Market Wrap," Shawn Tully profiled Heidreick & Struggles CEO
and "super recruiter" Gerard Roche, who is "now looking for a
baseball commissioner." Roche, on the MLB search: "The specs
are more along the lines of, say, someone who can be a
consensus builder/leader, someone who can have the best
interest of baseball at heart and someone who understands the
enormous complexity of the ... legal side and especially the
media side" ("Market Wrap," CNBC, 9/8).
