Those who aren't in power always think they can do a better job than those who are.

It's human nature — and usually dead wrong.

Not in the case of Major League Baseball commissioner Bud Selig, however.

A trained howler monkey could do a better job.

The list of his egregious errors since he's been the commissioner of baseball would be longer than the moon shot Prince Fielder hit in the Home Run Derby Monday night.

Selig has been an unmitigated disaster for baseball.

I can hear it now: "So, smarty-pants, you think you can do better?"

Why, yes, I think I can.

I possess sound practical judgment that is independent of specialized knowledge, training, or the like; normal native intelligence — i.e. common sense.

If I were the commissioner of baseball, these are some of the things that would be on my to-do list:

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Make the All-Star Game a true exhibition again.The fact that an exhibition game played in mid-July could decide where Game 7 of the World Series is played is the biggest travesty in all of sports.There are many, many, many better ways to decide something that important such as, oh, I don't know,

best record. That seems to work pretty well in every other sports league on the face of the planet.•

Longer suspensions for PED users.Make it 162 games on the first offense and a lifetime ban on the second. Let's see if Manny Ramirez wants to be a baby momma now.•

Slotted signing bonuses for the amateur draft.Stephen Strasburg and his agent are going to hold the Washington Nationals hostage by asking for an exorbitant signing bonus.Most teams in the Nats' position simply pass on players like Strasburg because they either don't want to spend the money or can't afford to spend the money.Thus, teams that really need an influx of top talent can't always get it because of this flawed system.Easy fix. Assign predetermined bonuses based on where a player is drafted. The No. 1 overall pick gets X dollars and so on.•

Salary cap. Scratch that. Not even Henry Kissinger could negotiate a salary cap in baseball.•

Day World Series Games on the weekend. I am old enough to remember when a kid could watch a World Series game in the afternoon on a Saturday and Sunday.I also remember the day when a kid, such as myself, could watch every inning of every World Series game before bedtime.Not even Conan O'Brien can keep his eyes open long enough to watch the end of a World Series game these days.•

Lift the lifetime ban on Pete Rose.In the light of the PED scandal, betting on your own team doesn't seem so bad.Mike Kilroy is a staff writer for the Butler Eagle.