From our studios in new york city, this is charlie rose. I am lucky. One of those rare instances where a little boys dreams came true. Bud selig was the 9th commissioner and many said he was the most influential. On saturday, at the age of 80, he stepped down. He grew up in milwaukee where he rooted for the new york yankees. In 1970, at age 35, he bought the seattle pilots in Bankruptcy Court and moved the team to milwaukee. He called this his greatest proudest accomplishment. As commissioner he revolutionized the economics a grew revenue to 8 billion, playoff expansion and interplay. And also faced a number of challenges. Steroid use among some of the best players cast a wide shadow on the game. On sunday, bud selig and i spoke at Yankee Stadium. Heres that conversation. There are a lot of things we could do on sunday morning but to talk to you about baseball in this setting, in this stadium with snow on the ground. Ive been to the Yankee Stadium a lot since 1949, old yankees, new yan
Im lucky. One of those rare instances where a little boys dreams came true. Major league baseballs ninth commissioner, many say he was the most influential. On saturday he stepped down after 23 years on the job. He grew up in milwaukee where he rooted for the yankees. At age 70 he bought the pilots in Bankruptcy Court and moved the team to milwaukee. He calls this his proudest accomplishment. He expanded interleague play. He face aid number of challenges. Among some of the best players cast a wide shadow on the game. On sunday he spoke at Yankee Stadium. Here is that conversation. There are a lot of things we could do on sunday morning fwout talk to you about baseball in this setting, this stadium with snow on the ground. Ive been to Yankee Stadium a lot, ever since 1949. Never been here when there is snow covering the field. So this is a first. Growing up in milwaukee, you were a yankee fan. I was. Very strange, in 1945 the Milwaukee Brewers had an outfielder by the name of her shall
It rose funding for charlie rose has been provided by co rose additional funding provided by and by bloomberg, a provider of multimedia news and Information Services worldwide. Captioning sponsored by Rose Communications from our studios in new york city, this is charlie rose. Im lucky. One of those rare instances where a little boys dreams came true. Rose bud selig was Major League Baseball nice commissioner. Say he was the most influential. On saturday at the age of 80 he stepped down after 23 years on the job. He grew up in milwaukee where he rooted for the new york yankees. In 1970, at age 35 he bought the seattle pirates in Bankruptcy Court and he then moved the team to milwaukee. He calls this his proudest accomplishment. As commissioner he revolutionized the economics revenue grew to 8 billion. Playoff expansion and interleague play were among the additions he introduced. Also faced a number of challenges. Among some of the games best players continued to cast a wide shadow on t
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