The Short Porch has Gotten Shorter in the Bronx
What has caused the home run derby at the new Yankee Stadium? Is it the new ballpark? Is it changes in the weather? Is it …
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Why MLBPA Slow to Protect Non-Users?
Milwaukee Brewer Ryan Braun surpised the baseball world this week by admitting his use of steroids and accepting a suspension. Of course, after failing a …
Baseball Beaning & Brawls
John Kruk and Eric Young provide a humorous analysis of the “right way to fight in baseball” following the Red Sox Kevin Youkilis charging of …
Fans Care about PED Use — Sometimes
What spurred the public’s negative view of the use of PEDs? Why have MLB and pro cycling received much more attention than the NFL? Some …
Yanks Slash Ticket Prices
WhoDaThunkIt.com? The New York Yankees slashed prices on more than 40 percent of their front-row seats by up to 50 percent Tuesday and announced many …
Tracking Changes in MLB Baseball Attendance
Baseball-Reference.com has a handy page (HT to JC Bradbury) where they are tracking changes in MLB team attendance. It calculates overall attendance, per-game attendance, and …
Baseball Healthy In Spite of Declining World Series Viewership
While Yankees v. Dodgers would been MLB’s dream television matchup for the World Series, the Red Sox v. Cardinals setup is likely better than most. …
Something for Everybody: MLB’s Mechanism Design
Continuing my recent Yankees theme … in a curiously long post on his blog, SI writer Joe Posnanski considers the effect of MLB’s playoff structure …
Migration of the All-Star Game
In response to concerns about potential racial profiling of its players, 27% of whom are of Hispanic origin, the Major League Baseball Players Association today …
MLB Umps: Evaluated but not Incentivized
The egregiously poor call against in the Yankees-Orioles game when Mark Texeira slid into first base throws attention back on to several issues with MLB …