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Sports Illustrated
February 13, 2002
Lester Munson |
Re-lease me What really killed Major League Baseball contraction for 2002...   |
Sports Illustrated
June 12, 2001
Stephen Cannella |
Twin Delivery High-riding Minnesota made local schoolboy hero Joe Mauer the No. 1 pick in Baseball's draft... |
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? |
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
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
April 1, 2004
Tim Reason |
Squeeze Play Forget steroids. It's spending that has baseball in a bind. |
Sports Illustrated
May 1, 2002
Tom Verducci |
Economics 101 The mailbag overfloweth, and it's because I used the magic word last week: contraction. Frustration is obviously very high among fans, and the c-word inevitably spawns debate about the economics of the game... |
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. |
AskMen.com
November 6, 2013 |
Is George W. Bush Going To Take Over Professional Baseball? Regardless of your positioning on the right or left side of the aisle, there is no denying the former Texas Rangers owner's qualifications for that job. |
Reason
May 2001
Dan Lewis |
It Happens Every Spring Baseball season is upon us. That means the moaning about the sport's economic disparity has likewise gotten underway... |
Sports Central
July 15, 2004
William Geoghegan |
"Brew Crew" No Longer a Sideshow For some franchises, a slightly better than .500 record wouldn't mean much. Not so for the success-starved Brewers. The fans are taking notice, and attendance is up. |
AskMen.com
April 6, 2013
Brett Smiley |
Baseball Fans The dawn of baseball every April tends to shower fans of every team with a clean slate and hope, when in reality, the writing is on the wall: a large chunk of the league is hopeless. |
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... |
AskMen.com
Dave Golokhov |
Top 10: Worst Sports Franchises Here is a list of the top 10 worst sports franchises currently in operation -- and the puzzling reasons that make them so. |
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.) |
Sports Illustrated
November 29, 2001
Frank Deford |
Owners, aiders and abetters There are plenty to blame for baseball's current woes... |
Sports Central
November 13, 2009
Matt Thomas |
The MLB Anti-Team of the Decade The team in question must be bad -- not just run-of-the-mill wins/losses bad, but terrible on a more philosophical level. |
Sports Illustrated
November 30, 2001
Lester Munson |
Selig's uphill battle As his plans for the contraction of Major League Baseball by two teams crumble around him, you have to wonder about Bud Selig. Did he actually think this strategy would work? |
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. |
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. |
Sports Illustrated
January 15, 2002
Kostya Kennedy |
Captain Conflict It's high time Bud Selig steps down as Major League Baseball commissioner... |
Salon.com
June 16, 2000
Allen Barra |
Spread the wealth The solution to baseball's revenue-sharing "problem" is for the teams to share the revenue. |
Entrepreneur
August 2010 |
Speaking of Crazy Ideas The crazy ideas of these sports entrepreneurs paid off big. |
Sports Central
September 2, 2010
Corrie Trouw |
The Bottom Line of Bottoming Out The willingest spenders like the Yankees and Red Sox receive mixed messages from their sports: Try to win as much as you can, but you better not use all of your resources to do it. |
Sports Central
December 31, 2011
Jeff Kallman |
2011: Dickens Flummoxed Baseball's 2011 season was the best of times and it was the worst of times. |
Salon.com
September 17, 2002
King Kaufman |
The Angels-A's race is a dud Thanks to baseball's boneheaded wild-card system, we once again have two great teams playing meaningless games in September. |
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? |
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. |
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? |
Salon.com
August 8, 2001
David Davis |
Marvin Miller As the head of the Major League Baseball Players Association, he challenged the assumptions that players are chattel and that labor unions have no place within sports... |
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
December 24, 2012
Jeff Kallman |
2012: Mime and Reason A look back at some of the odd occurrences during the 2012 baseball season, and players that passed away this year. |
CFO
Tim Reason |
Diamonds in the Rough Minor league baseball is afraid of becoming a victim of its own success... |
Sports Central
August 9, 2004
Hank Waddles |
Dodgers Aiming For Playoff Success Thanks to the new GM's guidance, Dodger fans can look forward to watching their team win games in October for the first time in 16 years. And this time, it won't take a miracle. |
AskMen.com
October 16, 2002
Mark Simmons |
Can We Make Baseball Profitable? At a time when most baseball franchises are crying poverty, how can MLB increase revenue for its franchises? |
Sports Central
August 27, 2009
Matt Thomas |
Also-Rans Key During MLB Stretch Run Because baseball must go on, even in those cities where the race has been over since mid-May, what follows is a breakdown of the five most relevant irrelevant teams in Major League Baseball for the balance of the 2009 season. |
Sports Central
December 25, 2008
Sean Crowe |
The Yankees Have Ruined My Christmas Someone needs to remind the Yankees that the United States is going through a pretty bad recession. |
Sports Illustrated
April 26, 2000
Tom Verducci |
Vlad, undervalued? Believe it Baseball Q&A: Who is over/under rated?... Considering how thin starting pitching is, why don't managers entertain the idea of returning to the days of four-man rotations?... Are the Braves interested in acquiring A-Rod in the off-season?... etc. |
Salon.com
August 31, 2002
King Kaufman |
What baseball needs to do now A few modest proposals to prevent the game from squandering whatever fan goodwill remains. |
Salon.com
October 8, 2002
King Kaufman |
America loves underdogs Just not enough to watch them play. Too bad, because the baseball teams that are still alive are a stone gas. |
Sports Central
September 7, 2005
Matt Thomas |
Stretch Run is Full of Hidden Gems As the sun sets on the 2005 Major League Baseball season, a little retrospection is appropriate. |
Sports Central
September 24, 2007
Phil Backert |
MLB Playoff Chase Down to Final Stretch The last week of the season in Major League Baseball could not be more exciting for fans as the hunt for October hits the final stretch run. |
Sports Illustrated
January 24, 2002
Frank Deford |
This Bud's for who? The controversies continue for baseball's commissioner... |
Sports Illustrated
May 9, 2001
Tom Verducci |
Addition by subtraction Doing away with downtrodden teams is the way to go... |
CIO
October 1, 2001
Jon Surmacz |
A Uniform Decision Major League Baseball is online. How it got there is a lesson in cooperation and conformity. How the Internet encouraged baseball teams to work together. Why MLB.com used a common template for many websites. How MLB.com hopes to cash in... |
Sports Central
October 20, 2008
Jonathan Lowe |
Emerging From the Depths How does the Rays' season stack up to some of the best turnarounds in baseball lore? Here's how the top five might filter out. |
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
December 28, 2015
Jeff Kallman |
MLB 2015: It Got Late Early Out There The author ruminates on this year's baseball games and famous players of years past. |
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
June 8, 2005
Matt Thomas |
Breaking Down the MLB Trade Deadline As the summer heats up in Major League Baseball, serious trade talks annually begin to percolate. |
