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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

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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)

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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

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“Yankee Premium” Updates

In 2005 I explored the “Yankee Premium, how much of the Yankee payroll reflected a revenue advantage relative to the

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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,

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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.

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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. 

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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

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Anthony Rizzo’s Call Up: Was the Timing a Good Signal for Cubs Fans?

The man that many consider the Cubs top prospect, slugging first baseman Anthony Rizzo, made his Cubs debut Tuesday against

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Less is More

In his most recent post, Bill Simmons from ESPN Page 2 confesses Boredom with the Red Sox , laying the

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Sonia Sotomayor’s Connection to Sports

President Obama is apparently going to nominate Sonia Sotomayor to the Supreme Court. But, you rightly say, what is the

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MLB Postseason Ticket Pricing

I am spending the weekend in the NYC area, so the New York Times is my local paper for the

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