For the Good of the Game: The Inside Story of the Surprising and Dramatic Transformation of Major League Baseball

by Bud Selig

Book Overview

A New York Times bestseller

Foreword by Doris Kearns Goodwin

The longtime Commissioner of Major League Baseball provides an unprecedented look inside professional baseball today, focusing on how he helped bring the game into the modern age and revealing his interactions with players, managers, fellow owners, and fans nationwide.

More than a century old, the game of baseball...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0062905953
• ISBN13: 9780062905956
• Release Date: July 2019
• Publisher: William Morrow & Company
• Length: 336 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 6.1" x 9.1"

Customer Reviews

23 Years as MLB Commissioner

Bud Selig had a hard job, and he’s not afraid to tell us that. Yes, the job of baseball commissioner is not as fun as being an owner or super fan, but it is a gig with impact. Sometimes Selig lived up to the task, sometimes not. He’s very careful what he says, almost too politically gracious, but if you get past some of the platitudes there is a ton of great MLB history here. The story of steroid use runs throughout the book with more villains than heroes. Selig tells you he did all he could to clean up the game. You’ll have to decide if you agree or not. Meanwhile, you get to see the game grow to 30 teams, breathtaking free agency deals, and a lot of home runs, legit and not. If you love the game you’ll love a lot of the book, not all of it, buy hey, that’s the game.