I watch PTI and Around the Horn on ESPN and that's it. I lost all respect for them when they named Jordan Athlete of the Century. Great athlete yes, better than say Jim Thorpe, prolly not. I don't even know that I would put him over Gretzky even though Hockey is typically considered irrelevant. Alot of my friends who are really into basketball put Jabar and Chamberlain over him as a basketball player even.
But back to the topic at hand. They are most definitely looking for a scapegoat. I liken it to all that bullshit that happened with the false story at CBS, some low level employees got fired and Dan Rather, but the president of CBS took zero responsibility, just like Selig will.
Honest answer...Do you think baseball would have recovered from the strike without the homerun record being chased?