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AskMen.com
May 14, 2003
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The Financial Expansion Of The MLB A year after "contraction" was the buzzword in Major League Baseball, the latest trend is not to diminish the game, but to expand it.   |
BusinessWeek
September 27, 2004
Ian Rowley |
Japanese Baseball: Old and Slow The owners have grown too cozy with one another to operate efficiently, and the players resemble Japan's coddled workers, accustomed to lifetime employment as comfortable as it is unchallenging. And the fans are fleeing. |
Salon.com
March 29, 2000
Sasha Issenberg |
In the land of the Yomiuri Giants In Tokyo Wednesday, a group of Americans engaged in a Japanese tradition more than a century old. The Americans are the Mets and the Cubs. The tradition is baseball. |
Sports Illustrated
November 20, 2002
Tom Verducci |
Bronx-Bound Bomber As the Yanks closed in on a deal with Hideki Matsui, other teams whined and unloaded big contracts. |
Salon.com
September 26, 2002
Keith Olbermann |
Tell me something I don't know Violent fans, pot-smoking players -- why do the sports media seem shocked by the obvious and predictable? |
BusinessWeek
August 26, 2010
Onomitsu & Ozasa |
Japan's Mizuno Swings for the Fences The sports equipment maker is focusing its resources to expanding in the U.S. |
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
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
Kyle Darbyson |
Classic Baseball Movies Baseball has been the theme of many great movies, and here are five of the very best classics. |
Sports Illustrated
October 19, 2001
E.M. Swift |
Baseball like it oughta be It's no wonder the Yankees keeping winning... |
Salon.com
May 25, 2001
King Kaufman |
Major league aggravation I was happy to pay $9.95 to listen to baseball on the Web. But what I got for my money was a lesson in how little regard the game has for its fans. Problems getting customer support from MBL.com. |
BusinessWeek
July 11, 2005
Maurer et al. |
Now That's A World Series Major League Baseball's 16-nation tourney will have big stars and political tension -- if everyone plays ball. The tourney represents MLB's push to globalize baseball, open new markets, and widen the pool of talent. |
Fast Company
November 2003
Keith H. Hammonds |
Beane's Magic Back in May, in "How to Play Beane Ball," we wrote glowingly of general manager Billy Beane and his Oakland A's baseball team which, we predicted, "almost certainly will win a lot more games than it will lose this season." We're exhaling now: At press time, the A's were 90-60. |
Sports Illustrated
September 20, 2001
Frank Deford |
International icon Ichiro's magical season has global reach... |
Sports Central
September 9, 2004
Martin Hawrysko |
September May Bring Baseball's Best While the playoffs are still three weeks away, the regular season is far from over. Ignore these final weeks, in anticipation of the actual postseason, and you might miss out on some of the best that baseball has to offer. |
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
July 25, 2004
Diane Grassi |
How Small-Market Teams Can Compete As we have now crossed the threshold of the first-half of the 2004 Major League Baseball season, we will begin to see the races tighten up amongst the contenders for the various leagues' division titles and the wildcards. |
Salon.com
March 31, 2001
Allen Barra |
Everything you know is wrong The major leagues are more competitive than ever, small-market teams can compete, and home runs and giant salaries aren't ruining the game. Plus: Who's going to Cooperstown? |
The Motley Fool
April 3, 2007
Tim Beyers |
Quick Take: The Best Part of the Tribune Deal Be grateful, Cubs fans. Now that real estate magnate Sam Zell has announced his intent to sell your team and keep the rest of ailing media giant Tribune Co., you have hope. Take it from a Yankees fan. |
BusinessWeek
March 20, 2006 |
Who Needs Johnny Damon? Despite the loss of the All-Star center fielder, the numbers favor the Boston Red Sox, according to principal owner John W. Henry. |
The Motley Fool
July 2, 2004
Phil Wohl |
MLB Swings for the Fences Baseball's All-Star Game is about more than home field in the World Series. The interest in the game because of the historic Barry Bonds-Ken Griffey, Jr.-Sammy Sosa outfield will not be lost on the many companies that will line up to fill the premium commercial time during the game. |
Sports Central
September 23, 2003
Lauren Reynolds |
What's Holding Boston Back? Boston's baseball players endure much more hardship than any other group of athletes. Not only are they blamed for the losses during their time, they are saddled with the responsibility of 85 years of losing. |
BusinessWeek
July 26, 2004
Palmeri & Byrnes |
A Tsunami of Japanese Pop Culture Cartoon and comics-related products from Japan are flooding into the U.S., boosted by online communities and an exploding fan base. |
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. |
Salon.com
December 20, 2000
Allen Barra |
The Alex Rodriguez FAQ Is he worth all that money? Will these giant contracts ever stop? Is salary inflation driving up ticket prices? Ruining baseball? (Short answers: Yes, no, no, no.) |
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Baseball Jackets We're just going to highlight some awesome men's baseball jackets because they truly are classic -- and, hey, if you happen to look current in them, all the better. |
Fast Company
Alice Truong |
Inside The Billion-Dollar Play To Bring Japanese Cool To The World The Cool Japan Fund launched last year with 57.5 billion yen ($560 million dollars), the vast majority of that financed by the government. In total, the fund will spend about $1 billion to stimulate cultural exports. |
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. |
Sports Central
June 1, 2005
Kevin Ferra |
A Look at Sports Globalization A look at American sports and a preview of upcoming articles about popular sports in other countries. |
Sports Central
June 20, 2007
Joe Boesch |
Giambi Shouldn't Be the MLB Scapegoat But he may have opened his mouth too much this time on the issue of steroids. |
Sports Central
January 12, 2006
Jeff Kallman |
Remembering Baseball Legends Lost (Pt. 2) Part two of a tribute to baseball legends who died in 2005. |
Salon.com
April 3, 2002
Allen Barra |
Baseball 2002: The fix isn't in So you think the big-market teams have it all locked up? Then I guess you'll be betting on the Los Angeles Dodgers... |
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? |
AskMen.com
October 15, 2003
John Clarkson |
The Wild Face Of Baseball Baseball may be the national pastime, but there has been legitimate cause for years to wonder if Major League Baseball (MLB) is the forum in which America chooses to express her love for the sport. |
Salon.com
November 16, 2002
Allen Barra |
Strength in numbers A conversation with Bill James, the famed statistical baseball analyst just hired by the Red Sox. |
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... |
Sports Illustrated
September 12, 2001
Rick Reilly |
Itching for Ichiro The next time you think your job sucks, consider the 47 Japanese journalists who gather each day at the foot of a mute god -- the Seattle Mariners' Ichiro Suzuki... |
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. |
Entrepreneur
September 2006
Chris Penttila |
Back in Business Japan's economy is picking up. Should your company explore the possibilities? |
The Motley Fool
January 28, 2011
Harvey Jones |
Japan Is Dying Japan has suffered not one lost decade but two of them, and is heading for a hat-trick. |
AskMen.com
Jonno Hill |
Cal Ripken Jr. Interview We recently got the opportunity to sit down and talk with legendary shortstop Cal Ripken Jr.about how baseball has evolved since he first got in the game. |
Sports Central
May 9, 2005
Tyson Wirth |
Modern Problems, Modern Solutions An outline of innovative and appropriate solutions to baseball's major problems such as foolish fans and luxury tax failures. |
CFO
April 1, 2004
Tim Reason |
Squeeze Play Forget steroids. It's spending that has baseball in a bind. |
AskMen.com
Ryan Murphy |
Ask Ryan: Two-Sport Stars & More Queries about the NHL's premiere two-sport star... The brainiest guy in baseball... The NBA's most improved player... etc. |
Sports Illustrated
April 18, 2001
Tom Verducci |
Every team's a contender in April Cubs and Twins fans get rare taste of baseball excitement... |
Sports Illustrated
October 26, 2000
Rick Reilly |
Face it, baseball games are too long The World Series and a previous column on it spark loads of reader mail... |
Sports Central
August 29, 2006
Bill Hazell |
Landslide: Who Wants AL Playoff Spots? Incredibly, most of baseball's American League powers seem quite content in giving each other a good head-start going into the final home stretch in September. |
Sports Central
October 20, 2004
Hank Waddles |
It's the End of the World As We Know It The seventh game of any series in any sport is special, but game between the Red Sox and Yankees is something more than we're used to, for about 1,918 reasons. Here are a few. |
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. |
Real Travel Adventures
May 2007
Robert A. Kendrick |
When Traveling In Europe, Follow the Rising Sun When running into a Japanese tour bus in Europe, don't be annoyed. Rather realize that their presence indicates that you are at a sight worth seeing. |
