Bud Selig, commissioner of Major League Baseball (MLB), left [Getty Images]

UNITED STATES - OCTOBER 29: Bud Selig, commissioner of Major League Baseball (MLB), left, hands the championship trophy to David Montgomery, owner of the Philadelphia Phillies, after the Phillies defeated the Tampa Bay Rays in game five of the World Series at Citizens Bank Park in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S., on Wednesday, Oct. 29, 2008. The Phillies won the game 4-3 and clinched the best-of-seven game championship 4-1. (Photo by Bradley C. Bower/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

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