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Major League Baseball Commissioner Bud Selig testifies before a House Energy and Commerce Committee hearing on Drugs in Sports in Washington on February 27, 2008. The committee heard testimony from various professional sporting leagues on the use of performance enhancing drugs. (UPI Photo/Kevin Dietsch)
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Major League Baseball Commissioner Bud Selig announced Wednesday the league office is assuming control of the Los Angeles Dodgers, in the wake of a report team owner Frank McCourt is struggling to pay bills.
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NEW YORK, Jan. 18 (UPI) -- Marty Springstead, who was a Major League Baseball umpire for 20 seasons, has died at age 74, Commissioner Bud Selig said Wednesday.
NEW YORK, Jan. 10 (UPI) -- Baseball owners will ask Commissioner Bud Selig to stay on the job two more years and he is expected to accept, multiple reports indicated Tuesday.
NEW YORK, Dec. 15 (UPI) -- MLB Commissioner Bud Selig announced Thursday baseball owners had approved a new five-year collective bargaining agreement.
NEW YORK, Nov. 22 (UPI) -- Major League Baseball and its players announced a new labor deal Tuesday that will run through 2016 and expand the playoff system.
MILWAUKEE, Nov. 17 (UPI) -- Major League Baseball approved the sale of the Houston Astros Thursday, a move that signaled changes that will soon alter the look of the sport.
LOS ANGELES, Oct. 26 (UPI) -- The judge overseeing the Los Angeles Dodgers' bankruptcy court case Wednesday postponed a key hearing until next month, delaying a possible trial.
LOS ANGELES, Oct. 25 (UPI) -- Los Angeles Dodgers owner Frank McCourt took nearly $190 million from the team through "looting," Major League Baseball said in a court filing in Delaware.
ARLINGTON, Texas, Oct. 24 (UPI) -- Major League Baseball Monday honored 13-time all-star outfielder Ken Griffey Jr. with a Commissioner's Historic Achievement Award.
ST. LOUIS, Oct. 20 (UPI) -- Major League Baseball announced Thursday that David Ortiz of the Boston Red Sox had won the 2011 Roberto Clemente Award.
LOS ANGELES, Oct. 17 (UPI) -- Frank and Jamie McCourt's divorce settlement gives her $130 million and him the Los Angeles Dodgers, the Los Angeles Times reported Monday.
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