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Bob Dupuy, MLB President, Resigns

Major League Baseball president and chief operating officer Bob Dupuy will resign from his post, effective Oct. 31, the league announced in a press release. Dupuy, at the request of commissioner Bud Selig, will continue working on special projects for the league, including the Oakland Athletics' quest for a new...

Bob Dupuy, MLB President, Reportedly 'on Way Out'

Bob Dupuy, the second-highest ranking official in Major League Baseball, is "on his way out," according to a report by ESPN.com. Citing "three high-ranking executives," the report claims the Dupuy, MLB's president and chief operating officer for the last eight years, will step down from his current role, though the timing...

In Oakland, A's Await Stadium Solution

Is 13 the magic number for the Oakland A's? Apparently not. It's been 13 months since baseball commissioner Bud Selig announced the formation of a blue ribbon committee to study the A's alternatives to continue playing ball in the Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum. As yet, there has been no word. The committee is required...

Baseball Aims for 2016 Return to Olympics; 'Best Players' Will Be Available

With baseball wiped off of the Olympic slate for the 2012 Olympics in London, MLB President Bob DuPuy and player's union chief Donald Fehr went before the IOC Moneay with International Baseball Federation president Henry Schiller to plead baseball's case for reinstatement to the games by 2016. Their presence at the meeting...

MLB Is Finally Ready to Change Broadcast Blackout Rules

MLB's television blackout rules have long been a source of frustration for baseball fans unfortunate enough to live on the fringe of a major market. Baseball fans living in Las Vegas, for example, are unable to watch the A's, Dodgers, Angels, Diamondbacks, Giants or Padres even if they subscribe to Extra Innings on cable....