Baseball's people of influence, the USA Today version
2007-04-04 19:37
by Bob Timmermann
USA Today asked a panel of its writers (such as Hal Bodley and Bob Nightengale) and others involved in baseball at some time (such as Fred Claire and Dennis Gilbert) and picked the 50 most influential people in baseball.
Unsurprisingly, #1 was Commissioner Bud Selig and #2 was Players Association head Donald Fehr. The most influential current player was #15 Barry Bonds. Lots of owners and GMs make the list, but only one manager, #42 Bobby Cox.
It is, however, on the list of most influential baseball mustaches, in between Frenchy Bordagaray and Jose Valentin. (Rollie Fingers, obviously, is #1.)
Ooh, Keith Hernandez took the top spot at Maxim's baseball player's with mustaches countdown. That cannot stand. I do fully approve of picking Sal Fassano twice, though.
His MLB PR Portrait:
http://agglo.org/files/2007/01/commissioner-bud_selig02.jpg
What he actually looks like:
http://www.usatoday.com/sports/baseball/2007-04-04-50-most-influential_N.htm?csp=34
http://www.maximonline.com/slideshows/index.aspx?imgCollectId=110
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