SCOTTSDALE, ARIZ. ? Bud Selig was given a three-year extension as baseball commissioner through the 2012 season.

The unanimous decision made at Thursday’s owners’ meeting came two days after Selig and union head Donald Fehr testified before a congressional committee that both criticized baseball for its steroids problem and praised the sport for strides made during the past three years.

“I’m proud of what we’ve accomplished, but there’s much work to be done in many areas,” Selig said.

Selig will become baseball’s second-longest-serving leader behind Kenesaw Mountain Landis, who was the first commissioner from 1920-44. Selig had said repeatedly since December 2006 that he intended to retire after the 2009 season, but many in baseball didn’t believe him.

“I did wrestle with it. I spent a lot of time agonizing over it, mainly with myself,” Selig said. “But they really convinced me.”

Selig said he wouldn’t accept any more extensions – although that is what he said after the previous one.

“This is clearly it,” he said. “I could say this without equivocation.”