Part One Part Two Part Three Part Four Part Five Part Six Part Seven Add Forbes to the ever-growing list of those who don’t believe MLB’s cries of poverty. The April 15 issue of Forbes contains the magazine’s annual survey of MLB’s finances. Michael Ozanian has been compiling these surveys since 1991, first for the…
Overnight, the Royals have gone from a franchise that was one transaction away from official joke status to a team that is slowly, haltingly–but finally–headed in the right direction.
“That’s not like a fight. Mike could have taken his head off and thrown it in for a souvenir.”
This week’s question comes from A.F., who writes:
I recently found an article from last season by Joe Morgan that I don’t quite understand…
My recent articles about competitive balance generated a ton of e-mail in which many people made reasoned, passionate, and most of all intelligent arguments about why competitive balance is so important to them as fans of baseball.
I’ve been convinced. Baseball is entertainment, and what’s more entertaining than parity?
So I solicited the other authors and with their help (particularly Keith Woolner’s), I’ve assembled this list of sweeping reforms that will guarantee the competitive balance I think we all can agree would be best for the game. Now, some of them run into each other a little, but we’re putting these out in the hopes that they’ll generate new ideas and elevate the level of discussion.
This week’s question comes from A.F., who writes: I recently found an article from last season by Joe Morgan that I don’t quite understand. The part I’m really struggling with is at the bottom where he writes: "My philosophy is that a pitcher’s job is to win games. His job is not to have a…
My recent articles about competitive balance generated a ton of e-mail in which many people made reasoned, passionate, and most of all intelligent arguments about why competitive balance is so important to them as fans of baseball. I’ve been convinced. Baseball is entertainment, and what’s more entertaining than parity? So I solicited the other authors…
Our best guess at 2002’s winners and losers.
The AL kicks off its 102nd season tonight in Anaheim, where the Angels host the Cleveland Indians in a battle of two teams whose seasons will end on September 29. Who will play beyond that point?
