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Sports Illustrated
October 30, 2002
Stephen Cannella |
National pastime is past its prime Despite all the excuses, baseball just doesn't matter anymore   |
Sports Central
November 14, 2010
Jeff Kallman |
The Wrong Expansion For Baseball MLB thinks the way to solve baseball's image and primacy problems is to expand the postseason. |
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
April 15, 2013
Adam Russell |
MLB Should Consolidate the Leagues Could there ever be the possibility of MLB proposing a unified organization with consistent rules and a more objective schedule? If enough fans jump on the bandwagon, it most certainly could be possible. |
Salon.com
October 15, 2002
King Kaufman |
Who needs champions? The evil possibility of an all-wild card World Series has come to pass, and you know what? It looks pretty good from here. |
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
November 1, 2002
Allen Barra |
Why nobody watched the World Series Blame it on late games and regionalism -- not the great baseball. And has anybody checked the NBA ratings lately? |
Salon.com
October 19, 2002
King Kaufman |
Cinderella, Goliath and other Series myths With the Giants and Angels set to meet in the Fall Classic, it's time for Fox TV and other pundits to manufacture drama. |
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? |
Sports Central
October 4, 2012
Joshua Duffy |
New Playoff Structure a Swing and a Miss Let's get right to the heart of the matter: while Bud Selig's new expanded playoffs has resulted in some extra hope in September, it has left open the potential for some serious competitive unfairness in October. |
Sports Central
March 10, 2005
Tyson Wirth |
Baseball's Great Secret There was a time when baseball was a game of constants, a game you could rely on. The rules of the game were simple and universal: the Red Sox were cursed, Babe Ruth was without equal, and good pitching was superior to good hitting. |
Sports Illustrated
February 8, 2001
Tom Verducci |
A Midsummer Classic's dream It's time to put meaning back into the All-Star Game. Give the winning league home-field advantage in the World Series... |
Sports Central
August 20, 2014
Jeff Kallman |
Does Manfred Have a Vision Thing? Sports Illustrated's Cliff Corcoran, said Rob Manfred's ascension "represents an unprecedented continuity in leadership for MLB." This is not entirely a consummation devoutly to be wished. |
Sports Central
July 4, 2011
Vito Curcuru |
How to Improve the MLB All-Star Game MLB's All-Star Game should be saved and improved. |
Salon.com
October 1, 2002
King Kaufman |
Picking winners In the baseball playoffs, the National League teams all look vulnerable and the American League teams all look unbeatable. Something's gotta give. |
Sports Central
October 25, 2010
Joshua Duffy |
Baseball No Longer Rules October After more than century of dominance in the american sporting marketplace, baseball is no longer king. |
Salon.com
July 10, 2002
King Kaufman |
All-Star outrage The game ended in a tie. That's not a problem, but baseball still screwed up. |
Salon.com
March 31, 2001
King Kaufman |
Nine predictions and nine observations The Yankees won't do it again, the A's will go far. And stop calling them "ballparks"! |
Sports Central
August 2, 2011
Diane M. Grassi |
Joe Torre, the Next MLB Commissioner? Joe Torre, former Major League Baseball manager of no less than five MLB teams, as well as a former 17-year MLB player, has been making his way through the maze of MLB executive life in 2011. |
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. |
Sports Illustrated
July 10, 2002
Tom Verducci |
The Milwaukee Embarrassment Baseball got the All-Star fiasco it's been asking for |
Sports Central
July 4, 2012
Greg Suttich |
Hot and Not Heading to the All-Star Break The Yankees, Rangers, and Angels are playing the best baseball in the American League. The National League has seen the surprising Washington Nationals post the best record, with the Giants now flexing their muscle in the NL West. |
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? |
Salon.com
October 28, 2002
King Kaufman |
One last surprise After six nights of roller coaster weirdness, the Angels and Giants played a relatively uneventful Game 7. And when it was over, Anaheim almost looked like fun. |
Sports Central
July 21, 2009
Corrie Trouw |
The American Premier League While a remarkable 18 teams were within five games of a playoff spot on Monday morning, such parity is more of a Bud Selig parlor trick than an exhibition of competitive balance. |
Sports Central
October 14, 2003
Louis Llovio |
Even in its Shining Hour, MLB Manages to Screw Things Up World Series scheduling could be a fiasco |
Salon.com
October 8, 2002
Allen Barra |
What do you say now, Bud Selig? The victories of the Angels, Twins and Cards show how empty the owners' and commissioners' arguments were. |
Sports Central
August 3, 2007
Joe Boesch |
The MLB Connection in Israel Was bringing the game of baseball to Israel designed to expand the game -- or create a distract from some of Major League Baseball's problems? |
AskMen.com
Dave Golokhov |
How To: Get Into Baseball Even though there's a lull in sports right now, there's no need to pout. If you haven't paid much attention to baseball before, here are some tips on how to get into the game. |
Salon.com
July 31, 2002
King Kaufman |
30 more memorable moments Baseball's list tends toward the recent and positive, so here are some alternatives, unvarnished. |
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 17, 2002
King Kaufman |
Dismal dog days This is always a slow time of year, but now, with baseball's labor unrest dominating the news, it's downright depressing. |
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. |
Sports Central
October 15, 2008
Chad Wilson |
America, Baseball Need Philly/Tampa Series I like is seeing new, hungry teams in the World Series. That is why I am praying for a Phillies/Rays series. |
Sports Central
October 21, 2011
Louie Centanni |
Fall Not-So-Classic Wednesday night was Game 1 of the 2011 World Series and the minds of most sports fans hovered over one of the following thoughts. |
Salon.com
October 21, 2002
King Kaufman |
"Oh! My God!" The Giants and Angels don't seem able to play a dull World Series game. Even the participants have been amazed so far. |
Sports Central
October 2, 2013
Bob Ekstrom |
What a Difference a Day Makes If all this hyperbole about an extra day on the schedule tells us anything, it's that baseball is by far the most hyper-analyzed of any major sport. |
Sports Central
June 17, 2011
Andrew Jones |
How to Realign Major League Baseball Rumors have been floating around about the potential for MLB to realign into a system with two 15-team leagues and no divisions. |
AskMen.com
July 24, 2002
Mark Simmons |
The (Sad) State Of The Pastime The question should no longer be when the music will stop for the two potentially contracted teams, but rather, when the music will stop for baseball as the national pastime. |
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. |
Sports Central
September 20, 2012
Ross Lancaster |
Charm City Season A group of baseball teams with various levels of expectation and familiarity by the casual fan have some to the fore, such as the A's, Nationals, Reds, and Orioles. |
Sports Central
July 3, 2007
Scott Shepherd |
2007 MLB All-Star Snubs When the players and coaches filled out the remaining roster spots with worthy participants, they dropped the ball. |
Fast Company
April 2012
Chuck Salter |
MLB Advanced Media's Bob Bowman Is Playing Digital Hardball. And He's Winning. Major League Baseball Advanced Media - BAM, for short - is as technologically sophisticated as any company, anywhere. Here's how a winning and profitable strategy is being built by an online player that breaks all the rules. |
AskMen.com
Lewis Helfand |
Strikes & Lockouts In Professional Sports Everything from ticket sales to stadium parking takes a significant hit when games are canceled. The strikes and lockouts listed below show just how much professional athletes, teams, and even leagues stand to lose when faced with a work stoppage. |
Sports Central
February 2, 2015
Jeff Kallman |
Selig's Legacy, For Better and For Worse Part of the problem is that, say what you will of the man one way or the other, Selig really is a baseball fan when all is said and done. |
Sports Central
December 31, 2014
Jeff Kallman |
MLB 2014: The Year in Review Baseball did a lot of blinking during 2014. Not to mention winking, nodding, prodding, clodding, and thrilling. |
Sports Central
July 5, 2011
Diane M. Grassi |
National Pastime's Future Remains on Shakey Ground As we celebrate America's birthday this week, it is perhaps a good time to revisit how America's "national pastime" is doing. |
Salon.com
July 25, 2001
Allen Barra |
Throw the bums out! It's time to eject baseball's owners for arguing balls and strikes... |
Salon.com
October 9, 2001
King Kaufman |
Playoff predictions Our writer bravely looks at the baseball games ahead and calls 'em as he sees 'em (while crossing his fingers)... |
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. |
