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Sports Central June 28, 2007 Diane M. Grassi	MLB Bats Whittled Down to Uneven Playing Field If MLB wants to be taken seriously in preserving the integrity of the game, it must do a far better job of it rather than its present lethargic effort.
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.
Popular Mechanics September 5, 2008 Chris Ladd	With Makeshift Bat Cave, MLB to Scan Broken Wood for Fan Safety As the crack of the bat grows increasingly dangerous, instant replay isn't the only high-tech rethink in the works for Major League Baseball. Scientists are hard at work developing new designs for bats to keep stadiums safe.
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.
Science News April 9, 2005 Ivars Peterson	Sosa's Corked Bat How does a corked bat help a hitter? Actually, there's little scientific evidence that corking a bat actually makes much of a difference. But that didn't stop the rousing controversy that surrounded Major League Baseball's Sammy Sosa in June, 2003.
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.
BusinessWeek July 26, 2004 Jay Greene	High-Tech Homers High-tech bats have quickly become must-have equipment for nearly every slow-pitch softball player, from recreation league novices to elite sluggers.
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.
Popular Mechanics November 2006 David Coburn	This Is My Job: Baseball Bat Maker A 25-year-old's love of baseball brought him to Sam Bat, an Ottawa-based manufacturer that produces maple bats for more than 150 pro players.
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 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.
CFO February 1, 2012 Scott Leibs	In the Swing of Things Pitchers and catchers report to spring training in just a few days, but at Hillerich & Bradsby, manufacturer of the iconic Louisville Slugger baseball bat, new CFO Lawrence Writer has been on the field since November.
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.
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 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 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 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 March 18, 2007 Greg Wyshynski	Baseball's Unending Controversies Controversies regarding Pete Rose and aluminum bats have bubbled back up to the surface this week.
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 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?
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.
BusinessWeek March 6, 2006 Mark Hyman	Deck Them Out For The Ball Game Shopping for your Little Leaguer? Get ready for some Big League prices.
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 October 13, 2008 Diane M. Grassi	MLB is No Longer Recession-Proof When Wall Street tanks, it not only has profound global ramifications, but impacts the local economies and the financing of MLB teams is entrenched in corporate sponsorships.
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 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.
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 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 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 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 13, 2006 Matt Thomas	It's Only Cheating if You Get Caught Major League Baseball's "seek-and-destroy" mentality targeting steroid users and abusers is doing nothing to help the integrity of the game.
BusinessWeek July 26, 2004	Batting Physics Led by high-end models, bat sales have doubled in the past 10 years, to $170 million.
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 July 20, 2010 Diane M. Grassi	MLB's Gaming the Sale of Texas Rangers Continues The sale of the Rangers still awaits finalization and most importantly, the investment group to be awarded the final sale of the club has yet to be determined by the U.S. Bankruptcy Court and ultimately to be approved by MLB and its respective owners.
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.
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 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 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 March 19, 2012 Diane M. Grassi	Investigation Casts Cloud Over Marlins An orchestration of monumental cover-ups, glad-handing, and pay-for-play campaign finance schemes continue to inflict consumers, taxpayers, and the public-at-large, by way of MLB, with civil practices by government officials from the unethical to the criminal in the case of the Marlins.
Sports Central February 18, 2010 Diane M. Grassi	Baseball, Rawlings Bring New Meaning to Free Trade In 2006, this reporter shed light on the seemingly unfair labor practices taking place in Costa Rica in a factory operated by the Rawlings Sporting Goods Co., Inc.
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 January 4, 2008 Diane M. Grassi	MLB Ill-Equipped For Global Politics Has Major League Baseball bitten off more than it can chew in entering the world of global politics?
Wired April 24, 2007 John Wolfson	Ball Busters The lonely engineers who keep Major League Baseball honest.
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 August 16, 2011 Paul Foeller	From Spring Training to the Fall Classic It may not be the way the baseball purists want to see it, and it may put a dent in yearly revenue, but a shortened MLB regular season will eventually happen.
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.
AskMen.com November 28, 2001 Mark Simmons	MLB: From Expansion To Contraction In this game of musical chairs, when the music stops, so will the game for two teams. So why has MLB decided to break with tradition? Will MLB contract for the first time in approximately 105 years?
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.
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 August 17, 2005 Josh Frank	Baseball's Numbers Game: One For the Record In the midst of the latest steroid scandals, baseball has found its record books being threatened. But this isn't the first time those records have come under assault by a changing game.