Twenty years ago, President Bill Clinton, Jackie Robinson's widow, Rachel, and commissioner Bud Selig walked onto the Shea Stadium grass -- and made a stunning announcement.
Major League Baseball would like to pick up the pace of games, as commissioner Bud Selig has formed a committee to do implement new rules in time for the 2015 season.
The recent spate of high-profile domestic violence cases involving Ray Rice and other NFL players prompted Major League Baseball and the players' union to open talks about the way that sport should deal with such episodes.
MLB commissioner Bud Selig says the league and its players' union have previously discussed the idea of a blanket policy regarding domestic violence during collective bargaining, yet so far baseball has opted to handle any issue on a case-by-case basis.
Bud Selig will likely leave his tenure as baseball commissioner early next year with one unsettled situation that has him "frustrated."
Rob Manfred was elected baseball's 10th commissioner Thursday, winning a three-man competition to succeed Bud Selig.