Sonia Sotomayor’s Connection to Sports
In 2009, Sonia Sotomayor became a household name when President Barack Obama nominated her to the U.S. Supreme Court, marking a historic moment for the …
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Managing Your MLB Betting Finances The Smart Way
In the world of Major League Baseball (MLB), financial management is essential to maintaining a steady and prosperous betting journey. It’s not solely about …
What is New with MLB in 2022?
With a preliminary deal reached between the MLB and MLBPA, the 2022 season of baseball may now commence. For the 2022 MLB season, there will …
MLB Umps Not so Color Blind?
The racial bias analysis of strikes-balls decisions of MLB umps by UT-Austin professor Daniel Hamermesh and coauthors (Parsons, Sulaeman, Yates) has generated the expected buzz …
MLB Lockout Set to Delay Start of the Season: This Is How You Cope
If you are a keen baseball fan, then you might know all about the union dispute between the players and the MLB league that has …
“Yankee Premium” Updates
In 2005 I explored the “Yankee Premium, how much of the Yankee payroll reflected a revenue advantage relative to the rest of baseball and how …
Signs of Life in the Sports Economy
Spring training in Florida set an attendance record — of sorts — in 2010: From March 2nd through April 3rd, a total of 1,427,627 fans …
Aggressive & Passive Responses to Doping
A Yahoo! Sports headline and associated summary regarding the Tour on Monday headline reads, Sastre Wins Doping-Scarred Tour de France. Setting aside moral philosophy, I …
Take Me Out to the (Newer) Ballpark
My wife and I recently visited the West Coast, affording me my first game at Dodger Stadium in 45 years. While Brooklynites still despair the …
Baseball and the Economy: What Happened to TV Ratings?
Attendance at MLB games this past season was 6.9% lower than it had been the previous year. That is a HUGE drop. An intriguing question …