Hideo Nomo Has a Posse

ESPN shall apparently brook no criticisms of Bud Selig. The host of their Baseball Today podcast, Peter Pascarelli, was summarily wiped from history after offering a nauseating and forced apology for saying of the recently erected Bud Selig statue outside Milwaukee’s Miller Park that it could be improved by the efforts of Wisconsin’s pigeons.

If you catch his meaning.

Anyway, it’s all reminiscent of the time ESPN also forced “news” anchor Scott Van Pelt to apologize to Mr. Selig for questioning the value in his $18m salary. The network’s not really fond of any kind of criticism that might jeopardize their relationship with MLB.

The network even went so far as to remove the comments from the podcast. The show resumed with no sign of Pascarelli, nor any mention of his fate from the hosts.

VANQUISHED! ¶