BUD SELIG: HITLER NOT AN ESPECIALLY GOOD ROLE MODEL FOR YOUTHPITTSBURGH - As if the hapless Pittsburgh Pirates did not have enough trouble, now the Bucs' skipper Jim Tracy has been suspended by baseball Commissioner Bud Selig for giving what Selig characterized as a neo-Nazi salute prior to last night's Pirate's game. Tracy allegedly gave the salute while he was spraying fungoes during fielding practice.
Selig issued this statement: "After much consideration, it is the opinion of the Commissioner's office that Adolf Hitler and his Nazi party are not especially good role models for our youth."
Tracy maintains that he was not giving a neo-Nazi salute but was "calling his shot" -- predicting he would hit a home run to center field. Selig said he will investigate.
If Tracy's claim is true, Selig said it "would be worse" than if Tracy were emulating Hitler. "I'll have him committed to a mental hospital for having delusions that he's Babe Ruth."
