Selig's indelible imprint stamped on Series finale

For his final game as baseball commissioner, Bud Selig was able to see the low-budget Kansas City Royals compete with the high-spending San Francisco Giants for the title.

Game 7 of the World Series on Wednesday night featured a pair of wild-card teams that had already played during the regular season in a finale hosted by the club whose league won the All-Star Game. With managers able to contest calls by umpires, the final decision came from a replay room far from the field.

All those innovations came during Selig's 22 years in charge.