Baseball’s embattled commish has been spending a little too much time on Capitol Hill these days. While we’re sure he’d feel much more at home squeezing the air out of a syringe needle behind a trough-dropped outfielder, he might relax a little better knowing that he has a friend in a high senatorial position.

According to Newsmeat.com, Selig has donated lots of cash to the presidential campaign of Senator Chris Dodd. Although Dodd left the race quite a while ago, he is considered one of the frontrunners for a VP nod from both Obama and Clinton.