Vincent on Selig's missteps

Fay Vincent does not mince words when talking about Bud Selig's errors during Monday's game five.

"I agree with those who say that (playing in those conditions) was just too dangerous. It wasn’t baseball that was being played, and for my money it would have been better to have canceled it long ahead of time and come back and play a full nine-inning game in better weather . . . They weren’t really playing baseball (Monday) night in that weather and I don’t think anybody was getting anything out of it. I think it was unfortunately it was an attempt to get the game in for a variety of reasons — all of which are economic — one regrets that because baseball deserves better."

I'm not sure they were trying to get the game in as much as they were trying to avoid scorn over a rain-shortened World Series victory. That said, it's a good thing Vincent spoke out on Selig's folly.