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Reason
May 2005
Matt Welch |
Subsidies and Lies Few corporate welfare tales are filled with as many tawdry lies as the return of professional baseball to the nation's capital.   |
Sports Central
November 30, 2005
Diane M. Grassi |
MLB Jeopardizes 2006 Season for Nationals Any success the Washington Nationals enjoy in 2006 will be in spite of Commissioner Selig, not because of him. |
Reason
January 2005
Jeff A. Taylor |
Foul Ballpark Now THIS is a culture war: baseball vs. drag queens. One of the few groups concerned about a world-class fiscal error coming down the pike in Washington, D.C., is the city's gay community. |
Sports Central
December 20, 2004
Diane M. Grassi |
Nation's Capitol, MLB Go Full Circle At one time, Major League Baseball was our celebrated pastime in the spring, summer, and early fall. Over the past couple of seasons, however, we have been put on a perpetual baseball calendar of an ongoing sideshow. |
Reason
May 2005
Daniel McGraw |
Demolishing Sports Welfare Two court cases could mean the end of publicly funded stadiums. |
Sports Central
September 27, 2004
Diane M. Grassi |
Bud Selig's Final Task of the Season The final week of the 2004 Major League Baseball regular season is upon us and league titles and wildcards are still up for grabs. But the real question lingers -- where will the Expos call home next season? |
Sports Central
April 25, 2006
Diane M. Grassi |
DC Politics Intertwine With MLB Ownership The Nationals are now going to be used by MLB as the poster child for recruiting the black community back to baseball. However, the way it is being done will probably fall on deaf ears to the very ones MLB is supposedly trying to reach. |
AskMen.com
Steve Seepersaud |
Enjoy Baseball Games Without Going Broke Fortunately, some good values do exist in baseball, and I'll tell you about some of them -- from expensive major league games, to more affordable ones, and even minor league games. |
Sports Central
February 25, 2005
Kevin Ferra |
Questions, Answers, and More Confusion Everyone has been talking about it -- the steroid issue. Yet, believe it or not, baseball will survive with or without the steroids, and any allegations Jose Canseco has made. |
Fast Company
April 2008
Jeff Chu |
Take Me Out to the Ballpark The Washington Nationals' colors may be red, white, and blue, but its new LEED-certified stadium, the first in Major League Baseball, is green. A look at a park that's friendlier to both the earth and team earnings. |
AskMen.com
Malcolm MacMillan |
Top 10: MLB Landmarks To Visit In 2008 While the main interest is the actual ballgame, the actual stadium, the sights, the smells, and the sounds have a lot to do with the enjoyment of the game. |
Sports Central
May 12, 2007
Greg Wyshynski |
What is Major League Baseball Drinking? Major League Baseball may have opened Pandora's Cooler. |
PC Magazine
June 20, 2007
Robert Strauss |
Tech Me Out to the Ball Game Major League Baseball has devised some high-tech ways to keep fans happy both at home and in the stands. |
Reason
February 2009
Radley Balko |
Rain Delay $720 million stadium, 10-cent roof |
BusinessWeek
October 18, 2004
Mark Hyman |
Washington: Who'll Win the Expos? The jockeying to win Washington's new baseball team gets fierce. It'll take more than cash. |
AskMen.com
July 26, 2000
Mark Simmons |
Baseball Finances: Owners & Players Whether it's players asking for astronomical salaries, or owners complaining about million dollar losses, the public in general is bombarded with messages advertising the greed of owners and players alike. |
CFO
Tim Reason |
Diamonds in the Rough Minor league baseball is afraid of becoming a victim of its own success... |
Sports Central
October 2, 2004
Greg Wyshynski |
Capital Concerns I never got the baseball thing. That insatiable quest to bring America's pastime back to the District after losing franchises to Minnesota and Texas over the last century. |
Sports Central
March 12, 2008
Diane M. Grassi |
MLB Goes to Harlem Seeking Welfare MLB and two of its two major league teams cash in on public entitlements, courtesy of the City of New York. |
Reason
January 2004
Matt Welch |
If You Build It, They Will Leave Sports teams fleece the taxpayer, again, by threatening to leave even after taxpayers pay for new stadiums to placate team owners. |
Salon.com
May 2, 2001
Allen Barra |
Damn Twins! The standings better turn upside down, or baseball's "small markets can't compete" argument is going to look pretty silly... |
Sports Central
May 30, 2006
Diane M. Grassi |
Why Baseball's Losing its American Identity The decline of participation of the black athlete in baseball is a far more multi-faceted problem than commonly expressed. |
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 Illustrated
June 20, 2000
Michael Farber |
Scorecard The Expos may leave behind -- don't laugh -- a great baseball town |
Sports Central
August 24, 2005
Andre Watson |
Dreams Fade Quickly For D.C. Teams (Pt. 1) The 2005 baseball season was only a month old and something strange was happening: The Baltimore Orioles and Washington Nationals were each in first place in their prospective divisions. But what a difference a couple of months make. |
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. |
The Motley Fool
January 20, 2006
Jeff Hwang |
EA's NCAA MVP EA makes something out of nothing with the first-ever college baseball game. The shame is that this will probably be the best baseball game on the market this year, but it's likely that only the most die-hard video-game baseball fans will play it. |
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? |
CFO
April 1, 2004
Tim Reason |
Squeeze Play Forget steroids. It's spending that has baseball in a bind. |
BusinessWeek
March 28, 2005
Mark Hyman |
The Next Great Baseball Rivalry The Nationals and Orioles will be fierce competitors -- at the ticket window |
BusinessWeek
July 21, 2003
Mark Hyman |
This Waiting Game Is a Smart Play For the past two seasons, the future of the Montreal Expos has been hanging like a pop-up in the thick air of a July afternoon. But is Major League Baseball now ready to act? |
Sports Illustrated
November 29, 2001
Frank Deford |
Owners, aiders and abetters There are plenty to blame for baseball's current woes... |
Entrepreneur
November 2006
James Park |
Having a Ball Jewelry made out of baseballs? It's a hit! |
Fast Company
April 2009
Zachary Wilson |
HOK Imagines the Ballpark of the Future A look at the Yankees' and Mets' pricey new homes -- and the baseball stadium of tomorrow. |
Sports Central
July 5, 2011
Diane M. Grassi |
National Pastime's Future Remains on Shakey Ground As we celebrate America's birthday this week, it is perhaps a good time to revisit how America's "national pastime" is doing. |
Fast Company
July 2006
Paul Lukas |
"Take Me Out of This Eyesore..." The latest in a series of tales inspired by past visions of a perfect future: Shea Stadium was the first of a now-scorned generation of circular, characterless complexes designed for both baseball and football. |
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. |
Sports Illustrated
February 13, 2002
Lester Munson |
Re-lease me What really killed Major League Baseball contraction for 2002... |
Sports Central
September 17, 2007
Joe Boesch |
Baseball Heals All Americans embrace baseball because it symbolizes peace and tranquility. |
CIO
April 1, 2003
Michael Fitzgerald |
The CIO of Summer - Baseball I.T. The Detroit Tigers' IT skipper Cole Stewart is probably the closest thing to a bona fide CIO in major league baseball. |
InternetNews
November 11, 2008
Christopher Saunders |
How Cisco's Wiring the Yankee House Wiring the new Yankee Stadium for omnipresent video, wireless connectivity and e-commerce is the name of the game for the multibillion-dollar sports franchise. |
Sports Illustrated
May 8, 2001
Michael Bamberger |
Downsize This! Baseball may have blundered into its best idea in years: contraction... |
Sports Central
April 10, 2007
Adam Russell |
Raising the Roof, or Sliding it Into Place? What a wacky first week of the Major League Baseball season. |
Salon.com
July 27, 2000
Susan B. Shor |
Baseball for bimbos Apparently, commissioner Bud Selig has just figured out that wives, moms and other female significant others have decision-making power in their families. |
Sports Illustrated
June 14, 2001
Lester Munson |
Charlotte votes down Hornets arena For an owner looking for a new facility, the lessons of Charlotte are clear: Avoid any referendum. If you find yourself facing the voters, do what you must to win. Civic-minded volunteers are not enough. A high-powered campaign is essential... |
Sports Central
July 2, 2008
Diane M. Grassi |
NYC, Yankees Redefine Crookery One would think that the NY Yankees new stadium would not necessitate so many state and federal agencies and investigations, including nefarious characters involved in this script. |
AskMen.com
May 10, 2001
Harry Marks |
Top 10 Baseball Ballparks Baseball's back, and what better way to mark this return than with a list honoring the Top 10 Baseball Ballparks in the Major Leagues today... |
Sports Illustrated
October 30, 2001
Stephen Cannella |
Significant Shrinkage No one knows what to make of the rumors that some big league teams will disappear... |
Sports Central
January 16, 2014
Mike Chen |
Will NHL Overkill its Outdoor Game Plan? What's the sensible path forward here? The league is probably very aware that there's a fine balance between the Golden Goose that is the Winter Classic and overly saturating the market demand. |
BusinessWeek
October 2, 2006
Mark Hyman |
The Racial Gap In The Grandstands Major League Baseball is aggressively courting Latinos as African Americans drift away. |
