Via Crooks and Liars, here’s a familiar-sounding argument:
“I made my arguments and went down in flames. History will prove me right.” — Texas Rangers owner George W. Bush after voting against realignment and a new wild-card system during a Major League Baseball owners meeting in September 1993. Bush was the lone dissenter in a 27-1 vote.
As Jerry Crasnick notes, the post-season success of wild-card teams, coupled with Major League Baseball’s growth in attendance and revenue, strongly suggest that Mr. Bush was wrong.
But what do we know? I’m sure that years after we have all died, people will suddenly awaken to Mr. Bush’s wisdom in opposing baseball’s reconfiguration. And in invading Iraq.