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"We'll let human events determine that," he said.
Selig said his staff will review allegations Philadelphia was trying to steal signs when Phillies bullpen coach Mick Billmeyer was caught on camera peering through binoculars from the bullpen bench at Coors Field this week.
"But I have to tell you now, you could get me started on history -- stealing signs has been around for 100 years," he said. "In my days as a Braves fan way back when, Bob Buhl was caught in the bleachers in Wrigley Field giving signs to (Joe) Adcock, (Eddie) Mathews and (Hank) Aaron."
Selig also said he remained optimistic about attendance this season.
"We're down about 2 percent. I'd rather be up 2 percent," he said. "We've had a lot of horrendous weather."
Still, the major leagues went into late April without a rainout for the first time since 1985.
Rob Manfred, baseball's executive vice president for labor relations, said management might make a proposal to change the way injured players serve drug-related suspensions when the next collective bargaining agreement starts, for the 2012 season. Currently, time on the disabled list counts toward those penalties, and Cincinnati Reds pitcher Edinson Volquez is serving his 50-game suspension while sidelined following reconstructive elbow surgery.
"I suspect ultimately we'll have a proposal on that," he said.
Selig also said he wouldn't mind if the Wilpon family, which owns the New York Mets, bought the NHL's New York Islanders or added an expansion MLS franchise to its holdings.
"If somebody believes that kind of synergism will help, then I think that's good," he said. "If there's an owner who believes that owning another sport will really help baseball and help them, fine. I think that's great."
At the news conference, Don Hooton said Selig was being given the first "Taylor's Award" by the Taylor Hooten Foundation, presented for educating youth about the dangers of performance-enhancing drugs. Taylor Hooton, Don's son, committed suicide at age 17 in 2003 after apparently taking steroids in an effort to get stronger for high school baseball. Major League Baseball is a founding sponsor of the foundation.
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