Cards Chairman Leading Committee Search for New Commissioner

St. Louis Cardinals chairman Bill DeWitt Jr. will lead the committee to find a successor to baseball Commissioner Bud Selig, who is scheduled to retire in January.

The committee already has started meeting and is to identify the candidate or candidates for Major League Baseball's executive council, which is to make a recommendation to owners.

Selig sidestepped whether he would remain as commissioner emeritus, saying details would be worked out in the coming months.