By BOB BAUM
AP Sports Writer
Associated Press Sports
updated 1:22 p.m. ET Jan. 12, 2012
PARADISE VALLEY, Arizona (AP) -Baseball Commissioner Bud Selig has been given a two-year contract extension through the 2014 season.
Selig has held the position since 1992, first as acting commissioner and then as commissioner since 1998. He will turn 80 in July 2014.
If he stays until September 2016, he would surpass Kenesaw Mountain Landis (1920-44) as the longest-serving baseball commissioner.
Selig's contract had been due to expire this Dec. 31.
After owners approved the extension Thursday Selig said he was "very humbled by the request to stay on."
Selig repeatedly has said since 2006 that his retirement is imminent but also admits almost no one believes him.
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MLB gives Selig 2-year extension
PARADISE VALLEY, Arizona (AP) -Baseball Commissioner Bud Selig has been given a two-year contract extension through the 2014 season.
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