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On Thursday night, Major League Baseball announced the formation of a search committee to find the heir apparent to MLB commissioner Bud Selig, who has solidified his plans to retire in January of 2015.
Selig, 79, has professed a desire to step down on several occasions before -- only to remain as commissioner due to repeated pleas by MLB owners. However, per Jerry Crasnick of ESPN.com, this time his decision is final:
"I determined last fall that there's a time to come in life and a time to go, and I had determined it's the time to go There's no sense playing any games. I know they've rehired me four or five times and people kept thinking that was going to happen again, but it's not."
"A lot of people, including my family, have had difficulty accepting this. But it's been real to me for a long time. I meant what I said last [fall]. I've accepted it for the last five or six months.''
Bill DeWitt Jr., owner and CEO of the St. Louis Cardinals, will preside as chair of the search committee. Crasnick lists the other members as follows: "Colorado Rockies owner Dick Monfort; Philadelphia Phillies president David Montgomery; Los Angeles Angels owner Arte Moreno; Pittsburgh Pirates chairman Bob Nutting; Minnesota Twins CEO Jim Pohlad; and Chicago White Sox chairman Jerry Reinsdorf."
DeWitt has declined to state a time frame for the search, and says the entire process will be confidential "out of respect for the candidates." He did indicate that the committee will consider possible hires from both inside and outside of Major League Baseball.
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