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Sports Illustrated
June 4, 2003
Tom Verducci |
Man vs. Machine Pitchers are swinging away and umpires are crying foul, but QuesTec, baseball's high-tech strike zone evaluator, is good for the game   |
Sports Central
September 15, 2009
Diane M. Grassi |
Will MLB's Latest Tech Hurt the Game? As the end of the 2009 Major League Baseball season approaches, here's a critical look at the technological advances instituted in 2009 and intended for the game's future progress. |
CFO
September 15, 2003
Scott Leibs |
Technology Throws Another Curve The camera may not lie, but it doesn't substitute for savvy management, as Baseball found out when it installed the Questec system for auditing umpires' ball-and-strike calls. |
Sports Central
November 15, 2004
Martin Hawrysko |
Instant Reply in Baseball is No Blown Call Many calls were questioned during this year's Major League Baseball postseason. Luckily, the umpires got them right -- generally not the case during the regular season, nor in past postseasons. The time for instant replay in baseball may be here -- umpires, after all, are only human. |
Salon.com
July 25, 2001
Allen Barra |
Throw the bums out! It's time to eject baseball's owners for arguing balls and strikes... |
Sports Illustrated
March 28, 2001
Frank Deford |
Twilight Zone Umpires decide to follow the rules regarding strike zone... |
Sports Central
February 27, 2014
Kevin Beane |
Bring Instant Replay to Balls and Strikes MIT has produced a study looking at how umpires call balls and strikes depending on the count. |
Popular Mechanics
April 2003
Jim Kaat |
The Mechanics Of Baseball Baseball has evolved in favor of the hitter. Here are nine factors that have changed the game. |
Sports Central
September 20, 2010
Jess Coleman |
Baseball Needs to Say Yes to Instant Replay It becomes clearer everyday that baseball needs replay. |
Sports Central
September 20, 2006
Ryan Day |
The Team Everybody Wants to Play Florida is ripe with young baseball talent. Yet, beginning in 1998 the Tampa Bay Devil Rays have done nothing but lose, finishing last in their division in every year except one. |
Sports Illustrated
May 7, 2002
Tom Verducci |
April's alter egos Pitching returns to the NL, but offense still reigns in the AL... |
Sports Central
August 20, 2007
Diane M. Grassi |
MLB Suffers No Lack of Hypocrisy Major League Baseball fans over the past several years have not only been witness to performances taking place on MLB baseball diamonds across America, but have also been privy to after-the-fact cover-ups, collusion, denials, and authoritarian control of their National Pastime. |
Sports Illustrated
February 26, 2001
Tom Verducci |
Pitchers strike out Umps will call 'em high, but Maddux is down and out... |
Sports Illustrated
July 26, 2000
Frank Deford |
Incompetent owners ruining baseball Do you ever want to, as I do now, just give up on baseball? I don't mean on the game, but on the way it is run -- or isn't run. It's just the same old issues, over and over, that never get resolved... |
Fast Company
September 14, 2011
Emma Haak |
Baseball By The Billions (Of Dollars) How do you assemble a great American pastime? With bats, balls, beer -- and a pro league that nets $6.1 billion in revenue. As the World Series looms, we break down what's driving Baseball Inc. |
Sports Central
May 31, 2008
Ben Feller |
Why Baseball Needs Replay Now The main reason for replay is to get the calls correct. Another is for baseball to start to shy away from its old school image. |
Sports Central
June 11, 2010
Jeffrey Boswell |
Sports Q&A: MLB's "Perfect" Conspiracy Major League Baseball umpire Jim Joyce's blown call on a play at first cost Detroit Tigers pitcher Armando Galarraga a perfect game. |
Sports Central
September 17, 2005
Greg Wyshynski |
Chief Umpire of the Supreme Court Judge John Roberts' comparison of judges to umpires during his confirmation hearing... Comments on beer commercials... |
HBS Working Knowledge
February 19, 2014
Michael Blanding |
Racist Umpires and Monetary Ministers Are baseball umpires racist? Are ministers motivated by money? Christopher Parsons teases important strategic lessons from unlikely sources. |
AskMen.com
Dave Golokhov |
How To: Get Into Baseball Even though there's a lull in sports right now, there's no need to pout. If you haven't paid much attention to baseball before, here are some tips on how to get into the game. |
The Motley Fool
February 24, 2005
Jeff Hwang |
EA's Last MVP Electronic Arts hits a homer with what will likely be its baseball finale. |
Sports Central
August 8, 2005
Jeff Kallman |
League Called, On Account of Decadence Verbal and physical confrontations involving parents of young baseball players forced a Youth Baseball League to shut down for five days and prompted the league's president to take action. |
Salon.com
August 22, 2001
Allen Barra |
Stop bad-mouthing baseball Sentimental sports columnists moan about its demise, even though the facts don't support their arguments... |
Sports Central
November 3, 2009
Diane M. Grassi |
Umpire Woes Rest With MLB Operations Without a uniform standard overseen by Major League Baseball, simply implanting new technology will not solve the systemic problem, demonstrated by numerous 2009 postseason bad calls from umpires. |
The Motley Fool
July 12, 2004
Nathan Slaughter |
Bank of America to Play Ball It becomes the official bank of Major League Baseball and will pitch to other leagues, too. |
Salon.com
March 28, 2002
Allen Barra |
What Barry Bonds did wrong He's the best player in baseball, but hitting 73 home runs at age 37 isn't just unnatural, it might be ruining the game... |
Sports Central
March 27, 2011
Jess Coleman |
Can You Buy Wins in Baseball? Could the Yankees' unlimited sum of cash really result in an astonishing 27 World Championships? |
Science News
July 10, 2004
Ivars Peterson |
Pythagoras Plays Ball Baseball, like engineering and science, is a game of inches and feet. |
Sports Central
April 15, 2013
Adam Russell |
MLB Should Consolidate the Leagues Could there ever be the possibility of MLB proposing a unified organization with consistent rules and a more objective schedule? If enough fans jump on the bandwagon, it most certainly could be possible. |
Salon.com
November 1, 2002
Allen Barra |
Why nobody watched the World Series Blame it on late games and regionalism -- not the great baseball. And has anybody checked the NBA ratings lately? |
Sports Central
August 3, 2007
Joe Boesch |
The MLB Connection in Israel Was bringing the game of baseball to Israel designed to expand the game -- or create a distract from some of Major League Baseball's problems? |
Sports Central
September 17, 2007
Joe Boesch |
Baseball Heals All Americans embrace baseball because it symbolizes peace and tranquility. |
PC Magazine
March 3, 2009
Daniel S. Evans |
MLB 09: The Show Whatever level of baseball realism you want and whether you want to work your way up, just play the Big One, manage -- you name it, this PS3, PSP, and PS2 game lets you do it. |
Sports Central
September 26, 2011
Paul Foeller |
Kings of the Hill The Philadelphia Phillies and New York Yankees have been the unquestioned leaders of their respective leagues some time now. |
Salon.com
July 17, 2002
King Kaufman |
Dismal dog days This is always a slow time of year, but now, with baseball's labor unrest dominating the news, it's downright depressing. |
Sports Central
September 22, 2014
Jeff Kallman |
West's Suspension vs. Real Accountability If baseball umpires are supposed to be above the field's passions should they not be held to standards just a little bit higher? |
Sports Central
April 15, 2005
Derek Daggett |
Fight Club: Fenway-Style Major League Baseball needs to enact a no tolerance policy to address the problem of fan misbehavior. |
AskMen.com
Pete Flies |
Top 10: Classic Baseball Plays Here are 10 classic baseball plays that will remind us why baseball in October is great. |
Wild West
June 2007
Hart & Lalire |
Baseball in the West Our national pastime developed in the eastern United States, but it spread across the Mississippi far sooner than you might think. |
Salon.com
July 23, 2002
King Kaufman |
Taking baseball owners at their word If competitive balance is the main issue in the contract talks, why does their main proposal address payroll imbalance? |
AskMen.com
Steve Seepersaud |
The Business Of Officiating Athletes aren't the only people who dream of making it to the big leagues. In fact, some people aspire to take to the fields of the MLB and the NFL in a different type of uniform. |
Salon.com
October 7, 1999
Joan Walsh |
Talking baseball with Hank Greenwald The best broadcaster you won't hear on the air talks about umpire arrogance, the home-run chase and "the Viagra of baseball." |
The Motley Fool
March 23, 2007
David Lee Smith |
Baseball Beans the Cable Guys Cable's iN Demand group cries foul after striking out with a choice baseball offering. |
Fast Company
May 2006
Michael A. Prospero |
9 Innings with Jeff Angus Baseball metaphors run through business speak as easily as Willie Mays ran down fly balls. But too often, writes consultant and baseball columnist Jeff Angus in Management by Baseball, business fails to live up to the American pastime. Here's an interview with the author. |
InternetNews
February 15, 2005
Tim Gray |
MLB Acquires Tickets.com Major League Baseball agrees to purchase the ticket seller to make the ticket-buying process easier for fans. |
Salon.com
October 8, 2000
King Kaufman |
Why baseball beats football The ump blew the call! My team got robbed! Thank goodness there's no instant replay. Plus: The Yankees aren't the '64 Phillies. Get over it... |
Sports Central
May 2, 2005
Diane M. Grassi |
MLB's Upstarts and Stalwarts What makes the baseball season so special is that no individual player's achievement or any team's success is greater than the entirety of the game. |
Sports Central
April 5, 2007
Scott Shepherd |
Baseball's Back, and Not a Second Too Late Here's a look at some of the things that make baseball great. |
Sports Illustrated
July 24, 2002
Frank Deford |
The boors of summer It's hard to take either side in baseball's labor battle. |
Salon.com
August 30, 2002
Allen Barra |
Strike 4 The baseball deal will either make the game worse for fans or it'll be a sham that won't hold salaries down. The owners came close to wrecking the season for this? |
