Top 10 reasons Baseball Commissioner Bud Selig will miss Barry Bonds breaking Hank Aaron's home run record:
10. TV Land broadcasting month-long marathon of "Diff'rent Strokes" reruns.
9. Pet cat Fluffy suffered separation anxiety during last trip out of town.
8. Staying up late every night to write foreward to final volume of Pete Rose's autobiographical trilogy entitled: "My Secret Life as Bart Giamatti's Bookie."
7. Can't break previous lube bay appointment at Oil Can Boyd's.
6. Once-and-for-all going to stay home and sort those mismatched socks.
5. Initiating drug enhancement regimen to hit "home run" with Mrs. Selig.
4. Dog ate my plane ticket.
3. Bingo night at the lodge.
2. Doing my bit to conserve precious natural resources.
1. Checking to see if true Astros playing a woman named Loretta in middle infield.
Doctor X -- the 'Baseball Medic' -- is an anonymous U.S. government trauma specialist with a Duke University sports medicine background and more than 20 years experience in emergency medicine. From time to time he considers MLB rumors, events and news reports as they pertain to baseball players' injuries, illnesses and various other disabilities, both on the field and off.
MLB Rumors editor Greg Fieg is a former sports news editor and award-winning writer whose bylines have appeared on the wires of the Associated Press and in numerous publications, including San Antonio Express-News, San Antonio Light, Houston Chronicle and Philadelphia Bulletin. He formerly was posted in various positions on the U.S.-Mexican border with Freedom Newspapers, and was a regular, independent contributor to United Press International.