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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. |
Sports Central August 30, 2011 Diane M. Grassi |
MLB Presumes Labor Peace in Approaching Offseason As we enter the final weeks of the 2011 Major League Baseball season, unlike other impending offseasons in recent years, this will be of the collective bargaining kind. |
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. |
Sports Central October 25, 2011 Diane M. Grassi |
MLB Files Lawsuit on Manner of Exposed Finances Major League Baseball should be enjoying the fruits of an above-average 2011 postseason performance, which will be crucial to the impending expiration of its Collective Bargaining Agreement with the Major League Baseball Players Association on December 31, 2011. |
Sports Central March 19, 2009 Diane M. Grassi |
Grainy Issue Remains For MLB Bat Makers MLB would be doing itself a service if it far more respected those who brought it to the dance -- the fans and the small businesses that prop it up. |
Sports Central August 2, 2011 Diane M. Grassi |
Joe Torre, the Next MLB Commissioner? Joe Torre, former Major League Baseball manager of no less than five MLB teams, as well as a former 17-year MLB player, has been making his way through the maze of MLB executive life in 2011. |
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. |
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. |
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. |
Sports Central March 21, 2005 Diane M. Grassi |
Hearings Expose Inept Congress and MLB The House of Representatives and its House Government Reform Committee held hearings on March 17, 2005 supposedly to bring light to the subject on the prevention of steroid use in Major League Baseball. |
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. |
AskMen.com Lewis Helfand |
Strikes & Lockouts In Professional Sports Everything from ticket sales to stadium parking takes a significant hit when games are canceled. The strikes and lockouts listed below show just how much professional athletes, teams, and even leagues stand to lose when faced with a work stoppage. |
CIO March 15, 2004 |
Rulings on the Field - Sports A Bronx cheer greeted Major League Baseball's use of the Umpire Information System from QuesTec in 2003. |
Sports Central April 24, 2012 Diane M. Grassi |
MLB's Desire For Cuban Players Overshadowed One can only hope that one day MLB will not solely rely upon the almighty dollar to feel right about its decisions, but also will do right, on behalf of not only American baseball community, but for the Latin American community, rather than just bleeding its talent dry. |
Sports Central September 17, 2004 Diane M. Grassi |
MLB and its Fans Need to Clean Up Their Acts Major League Baseball, as well as its fans, took a collective literal blow on Monday, September 13th at Oakland Coliseum at a game between the Oakland Athletics and the Texas Rangers. |
Sports Central January 19, 2012 Diane M. Grassi |
In-Debted MLB Owners Welcome Back Bud And debt is the key word here, as MLB team owners handed current MLB Commissioner Bud Selig an extension to his present contract by adding another two years. |
Sports Central September 14, 2009 Scott Shepherd |
The NBA's Real Officiating Problem For months now, the dirty little secret around the NBA is that the league is preparing for what could be a lengthy lockout of the NBA's referees. |
Sports Central September 5, 2008 Diane M. Grassi |
Are MLB Bats the New PEDs? Of note is the correlation that primarily since 2003, when MLB initiated its survey drug testing, which later led to full-blown testing in 2004, that bats have been breaking at a rapid pace, and more and more each season. |
Sports Central February 19, 2007 Diane M. Grassi |
MLB Profits From Change in Immigration Law MLB has far more in common with American-based multi-national conglomerates than it does with the idea of inclusiveness, where bottom-line profits dictate company policy. |
Sports Central November 15, 2007 Diane M. Grassi |
MLB's Fantasy to Monopolize Suffers Blow Major League Baseball struck out for the second time in its pursuit to limit and essentially monopolize the fantasy league business that utilizes statistical information associated with MLB players' names. |
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 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. |
Sports Central April 14, 2009 Diane M. Grassi |
MLB Ramps Up Casino Sponsorships How does MLB oversee such sponsorships between MLB teams and those casino operations that allow legal sports betting on their premises? |
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. |
Sports Central February 2, 2015 Jeff Kallman |
Selig's Legacy, For Better and For Worse Part of the problem is that, say what you will of the man one way or the other, Selig really is a baseball fan when all is said and done. |
Sports Central June 2, 2011 Diane M. Grassi |
A Fair Process to Becoming an Owner? The question needs to be asked as to whether presiding Commissioner of MLB Bud Selig makes major decisions such as team ownership based upon sound business acumen or subjective reasoning influenced by his personal relationships. |
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. |
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 June 5, 2013 Adam Russell |
Lifetime Bans Will Cure the Steroid Problems Well, here we are again with another drug scandal in Major League Baseball. We are, once again, faced with our diamond heroes having their reputations tainted with the use of illegal substances. |
Sports Central July 24, 2006 Diane M. Grassi |
Bringing New Meaning to Free Trade America's national pastime continues to rake in record high revenues, yet it continues to remain deaf to concerns about the manufacture of equipment and uniforms and unfair labor practices in the third world. |
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 March 20, 2015 Jeff Kallman |
On Rose's Applying For Reinstatement The question of whether Pete Rose should or will be reinstated to organized baseball became an official issue one more time. Commissioner Rob Manfred announced he received a formal request from Rose himself. |
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. |
AskMen.com Ross Bonander |
5 Things You Didn't Know: MLB With the 2008 season well underway, let's take a look through the complicated history of the league and pro baseball to present five things you didn't know about Major League Baseball. |
Sports Central April 26, 2011 Diane M. Grassi |
Eyes Wide Shut: MLB, Wall Street Lay Bets at Same Table As we learned by way of the U.S. Court of Bankruptcy, through its court appointed trustee, Irving Picard, that the Mets' owners are being sued for nearly $1 billion. |
Sports Central January 9, 2009 Diane M. Grassi |
MLB Network Rolls Out With Bait and Switch On January 1, 2009, Major League Baseball launched its long-awaited Major League Baseball Network on major cable broadcast providers throughout U.S. television markets. |
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 December 15, 2004 Diane M. Grassi |
The Epitome of Hubris At a time when Major League Baseball could really use its players to promote a positive image, two of its biggest stars -- Barry Bonds and Alex Rodriguez -- choose to take the easiest route to earn the quickest return without including the community or its children. |
Sports Central November 29, 2011 Diane M. Grassi |
MLB's HGH Test More Smoke and Mirrors Major League Baseball's latest feat of extended "labor peace" with the Major League Players Association was reached on November 22, 2011. |
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. |
Sports Illustrated January 15, 2002 Kostya Kennedy |
Captain Conflict It's high time Bud Selig steps down as Major League Baseball commissioner... |
AskMen.com February 5, 2003 Mark Simmons |
Why The NFL Is So Fantastic As the NFL powers into the 21st century, it is head and shoulders above all other professional sports circuits. It is firing on all cylinders; both in terms of financial metrics and public relations goodwill. |
Sports Central June 7, 2005 Danny Sternfield |
The Secret Lost Labor Letters As the NHL lockout drags on ... and on ... and on, somewhere out there are tens of fans longing for hockey. |
Sports Illustrated February 20, 2001 Daniel G. Habib |
A Selig Smoke Screen Talk of beanballs and a new draft clouds baseball's big issue... |
Sports Central August 20, 2014 Jeff Kallman |
Does Manfred Have a Vision Thing? Sports Illustrated's Cliff Corcoran, said Rob Manfred's ascension "represents an unprecedented continuity in leadership for MLB." This is not entirely a consummation devoutly to be wished. |
Sports Illustrated July 23, 2002 |
Defend This As it faces a racketeering suit, baseball should be afraid, very afraid. |
Sports Central December 30, 2009 Diane M. Grassi |
Rogue Commissioner: NBA's David Stern Is NBA Commissioner David Stern a hypocrite or merely an evolved businessman wanting to cash in his chips? |
AskMen.com May 14, 2003 Arash Madani |
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. |
Sports Central May 28, 2009 Diane M. Grassi |
Auto Industry's Demise Impacts Baseball If MLB remains as shortsighted as it has been the past several years, not only will the younger generation of potential players and fans erode, but they will permanently vanish. |
Sports Central October 21, 2012 Diane M. Grassi |
MLB's Haves and Have-Nots Not StubHub's Fault Now that the 2012 Major League Baseball postseason is in full swing, what better time than now to revisit the access fans have to attend MLB games? |