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Bud Selig spent 22 years as the commissioner of baseball. John Schuerholz built World Series champions in Atlanta and Kansas City. On Sunday night, they were elected together to the Baseball Hall of Fame.Schuerholz was elected unanimously by the 16 members of the Halls newly formed Todays Game Era Committee. Selig received 15 of 16 possible votes. No one else on the 10-person ballot came close to the 12 votes (or 75 percent) needed for election. Longtime manager Lou Piniella, who got seven votes, was the only other candidate to get within five votes of election.Selig became the first living commissioner to be elected to the Hall since Happy Chandler in 1982. Selig has been serving as baseballs commissioner emeritus since retiring as commissioner after the 2014 season.His time as commissioner weathered its share of storms, from the strike that canceled the 1994 World Series to the PED era. But Selig wound up spending more years on the job -- 22, if you include his six years as interim commissioner -- than any commissioner in history, with the exception of Kenesaw Mountain Landis. And Selig presided over an era of dramatic change which, as Hall of Fame president Jeff Idelson put it Sunday, had a profound impact on how the game has matured over the last quarter-century.It reminded me of many a ninth inning when I used to pace around, Selig, the one-time owner of the?Milwaukee Brewers, said on a conference call of not seeing his election as a sure thing.Schuerholz was picked by all 16 voters on a veterans committee at the winter meetings in suburban Washington. Selig was listed 15 times.The ultimate of honors, Schuerholz said.Interleague play came to baseball on Seligs watch. So did wild cards, replay, 22 new ballparks, huge attendance growth, realignment, two expansions, globalization and an explosion in revenues. Baseball was a $1.2 billion industry when he took the job. It was a $9 billion industry when he retired.Before becoming commissioner, Selig spent 28 years as the owner of the Brewers after leading the effort that brought them to Milwaukee from Seattle. And before that, in the 1960s, he was a minority owner of the Milwaukee Braves.Selig and Schuerholz are linked by their association with the Braves, but they also worked together extensively during Seligs time as commissioner. Selig appointed Schuerholz to lead a number of different committees, most recently the committee that formulated baseballs foray into expanded use of replay in Seligs final season.Schuerholz has spent the past 25 seasons with the Braves and currently serves as their vice chairman. But he is best-known as the general manager who built a modern quasi-dynasty in Atlanta.I loved to build teams, he said.He arrived in Atlanta in 1990. In 1991, the Braves went from last place to first, lost a seven-game World Series to the Minnesota Twins and began an unprecedented run of 14 straight division titles. Although those teams won the World Series only once, in 1995, they reached the Series five times in the 1990s. And from 1991-2005, they won more games (1,431) than any team in baseball and won nearly 200 more games than any other team in the National League, averaging 95 wins a season.I always had aspirations to be a successful general manager, Schuerholz said.Before arriving in Atlanta, Schuerholz spent nine years as the general manager of the Royals. He was the youngest general manager in baseball history, at 40 years old, when he was first promoted to that job in 1981. His Kansas City teams then made it to the postseason in three of the next five years and won the World Series in 1985.When he won the Series in Atlanta a decade later, it made him the first general manager in history to win a championship in both leagues.The Todays Game Era Committee was formed to review candidates from 1988 to the present. In addition to Selig and Schuerholz, the committee also considered former?New York Yankees?owner George Steinbrenner, along with two managers (Piniella and Davey Johnson) and five players (Harold Baines, Albert Belle, Will Clark, Orel Hershiser and?Mark McGwire). Only Selig, Schuerholz and Piniella got more than four votes. Complete voting totals were not released to the public.ESPNs Tim Kurkjian was a member of the committee, as was Schuerholzs longtime manager, Bobby Cox. The committee is a mix of executives, writer/historians and former Hall of Fame players.Information from The Associated Press was used in this report. 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Newcastle coach Mark Jones has called out his attacking stars for their inconsistent form, demanding that they have more to give in the A-League.The Jets failed to take advantage of a 10-man Central Coast, settling for a 1-1 draw at McDonald Jones Stadium on Sunday, leaving them with just one win for the season so far.A frustrated Jones had particular messages for key duo Andrew Nabbout and Morten Nordstrand, the latter of whom the Jets manager described as our (Milos) Ninkovic.It was Nordstrands second-half equaliser that kickstarted the Jets against the Mariners but despite a glut of chances, couldnt find the match-winning goal.Hes just lacking a bit of confidence at the moment, Jones said of Nordstrand.He had an injury at the start of the year, so hes just getting game fitness. Hes getting better, but I think hes trying to make his way through the game.He holds himself (back) a little bit. He needs to give 100 per cent from the start. He holds himself then come second half, he run out the game quite well.ddddddddddddJones said Nordstrands game lifted following his goalscoring effort, his first for the season.Last 20 minutes after he scored, his touches on the ball were magnificent and he got involved in the play more. Maybe its just a confidence thing and hopefully it is, Jones said.You saw what he can do and Ive seen at training what he can do. Hes magnificent player and hes our Ninkovic, so to speak.Jones also challenged left winger Nabbout to improve his fitness, having only managed to last the full 90 minutes in one of his six appearances this season.The 23-year-old laid on a long-range through ball for Nordstrands effort but was substituted for Aleksandr Kokko in the 77th minute.Nabbout run out of legs at the end again which is a little disappointing. He needs to be able to play 90 minutes, Jones said. ' ' '