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Sports Illustrated
October 8, 2001
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Not so fast Baseball overlooks one thing when saluting past stars: the pre-1947 exclusion of black players from the major leagues...   |
Smithsonian
September 2007
Ian Herbert |
Debating Louis Castro Was he the first foreign-born Hispanic in the Major Leagues? |
Salon.com
August 22, 2001
Allen Barra |
Stop bad-mouthing baseball Sentimental sports columnists moan about its demise, even though the facts don't support their arguments... |
Salon.com
February 28, 2001
Allen Barra |
Bring back the jerk Few players as great as Rickey Henderson have so alienated the public. But he can still help somebody win. Plus: A reply to angry Dale Earnhardt fans... |
Sports Central
May 30, 2006
Diane M. Grassi |
Why Baseball's Losing its American Identity The decline of participation of the black athlete in baseball is a far more multi-faceted problem than commonly expressed. |
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? |
Sports Central
September 20, 2006
Ryan Day |
The Team Everybody Wants to Play Florida is ripe with young baseball talent. Yet, beginning in 1998 the Tampa Bay Devil Rays have done nothing but lose, finishing last in their division in every year except one. |
Entrepreneur
September 2007
Barry Farber |
Take a Swing Selling is 90 percent mental. Your belief, enthusiasm and confidence in your ability speak volumes to the customer. Here are three keys to building confidence. |
Sports Central
February 19, 2007
Diane M. Grassi |
MLB Profits From Change in Immigration Law MLB has far more in common with American-based multi-national conglomerates than it does with the idea of inclusiveness, where bottom-line profits dictate company policy. |
AskMen.com
Ross Bonander |
5 Things You Didn't Know: MLB With the 2008 season well underway, let's take a look through the complicated history of the league and pro baseball to present five things you didn't know about Major League Baseball. |
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? |
Fast Company
May 2006
Michael A. Prospero |
9 Innings with Jeff Angus Baseball metaphors run through business speak as easily as Willie Mays ran down fly balls. But too often, writes consultant and baseball columnist Jeff Angus in Management by Baseball, business fails to live up to the American pastime. Here's an interview with the author. |
Sports Central
February 10, 2014
Jeff Kallman |
How Kiner Out-Slugged the Mahatma Ralph Kiner seemed like New York's congenial grandfather at the ballpark, but his Hall of Fame playing career may have been forgotten. |
Sports Central
May 28, 2012
Jeff Kallman |
From Players to Owners: Now Gwynn Wants a Shot Nolan Ryan may have started something. His fellow Hall of Famer Tony Gwynn seems to have a hankering to become a baseball owner. |
Sports Central
August 15, 2011
Matt Thomas |
Wait Till Next Year? No, Wait Till June! Major League Baseball has on the table a proposed rule change that would result in an increase in the number of playoff teams from eight to 10. |
AskMen.com
Steve Seepersaud |
Enjoy Baseball Games Without Going Broke Fortunately, some good values do exist in baseball, and I'll tell you about some of them -- from expensive major league games, to more affordable ones, and even minor league games. |
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
July 25, 2004
Diane Grassi |
How Small-Market Teams Can Compete As we have now crossed the threshold of the first-half of the 2004 Major League Baseball season, we will begin to see the races tighten up amongst the contenders for the various leagues' division titles and the wildcards. |
Sports Central
January 10, 2008
Sean Crowe |
The Obligatory "Jim Rice HOF Snub" Column Another year goes by and once again, the Baseball Writers' Association of America proves they lack the metal prowess required to elect baseball players to the Hall of Fame. |
The Motley Fool
July 12, 2004
Nathan Slaughter |
Bank of America to Play Ball It becomes the official bank of Major League Baseball and will pitch to other leagues, too. |
Inc.
April 2005
Alan Schwarz |
How I Did It: Mike Veeck Midgets? Nuns who give massages? Disco Demolition Night? Free vasectomies on Father's Day? If there's one thing Mike Veeck learned from his father Bill, and from building a profitable empire of minor league baseball teams, it's this: Fun is good. |
InternetNews
February 15, 2005
Tim Gray |
MLB Acquires Tickets.com Major League Baseball agrees to purchase the ticket seller to make the ticket-buying process easier for fans. |
Job Journal
May 20, 2007
Michael Kinsman |
Career Pros: Legacy of a Legend What Jackie Robinson accomplished wasn't so much a baseball feat as it was a crucial civil rights breakthrough for all Americans. |
Salon.com
January 3, 2001
Allen Barra |
Marvin Miller, Hall of Famer The union founder made ballplayers unimaginably rich. Will they ever have the guts to demand that he be enshrined in Cooperstown?... Also, why do people complain that there are too many college bowl games? |
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. |
BusinessWeek
September 27, 2004
Ian Rowley |
Japanese Baseball: Old and Slow The owners have grown too cozy with one another to operate efficiently, and the players resemble Japan's coddled workers, accustomed to lifetime employment as comfortable as it is unchallenging. And the fans are fleeing. |
Salon.com
October 9, 2001
Allen St. John |
Rickey Henderson Say what you will about his attitude, he walks the walk. And in the last few days he's walked right into the record books -- twice... |
Sports Central
February 14, 2013
Jeff Kallman |
Pepper Paire-Davis, RIP: In a Peach of a League of Her Own If you saw A League of Their Own, you remember the All-American Girls' Professional Baseball League's anthem. The anthem's co-author, catcher Pepper Paire-Davis, died February 2 at 88. |
Sports Central
August 13, 2012
Paul Foeller |
Centralized Power Only three players in the National League rank in the top 10 of all three triple crown categories. All of them play in the National League Central. Only one division has three of the top five in wins and in saves -- the National League Central. |
Sports Central
March 5, 2005
Greg Wyshynski |
The Pennant Race What can be done to make sports and entertainment appeal more to African-Americans in the audience? |
Salon.com
August 9, 2001
Allen Barra |
Shoeless Joe Jackson revisited Does the banished ballplayer belong in the Hall of Fame? Depends whether you're talking about the player or the man... |
Entrepreneur
August 2008
Barry Farber |
Be All You Can Be What can you learn from the world's best salespeople? |
Sports Central
March 27, 2007
Diane M. Grassi |
Challenges Face Native American Prospects Baseball is arguably the sport most intertwined with its history and legacy along with its impact on society. Its past demands that it be revisited, as this article explores two notable and historically unique minor league prospects. |
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. |
Sports Central
January 2, 2006
Jeff Kallman |
Remembering Baseball Legends Lost A tribute to baseball legends who died in 2005. |
Sports Central
September 9, 2004
Martin Hawrysko |
September May Bring Baseball's Best While the playoffs are still three weeks away, the regular season is far from over. Ignore these final weeks, in anticipation of the actual postseason, and you might miss out on some of the best that baseball has to offer. |
Salon.com
April 20, 2001
King Kaufman |
The stat junkie's perfect high While other big sports sites crash and burn, Baseball-Reference.com has become almost too popular for its own good... |
CFO
Tim Reason |
Diamonds in the Rough Minor league baseball is afraid of becoming a victim of its own success... |
Sports Central
January 27, 2009
Jeff Kallman |
Cooperstown Calling Commentary about recent Hall of Fame selections. |
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. |
The Motley Fool
August 8, 2006
Jack Uldrich |
Invest Like Baseball's Best What can the best major-league managers teach savvy investors? 1. Think long-term... 2. Don't ignore dividends... 3. Know when to let go... |
Wild West
June 2007
Hart & Lalire |
Baseball in the West Our national pastime developed in the eastern United States, but it spread across the Mississippi far sooner than you might think. |
Sports Illustrated
October 30, 2001
Stephen Cannella |
Significant Shrinkage No one knows what to make of the rumors that some big league teams will disappear... |
Salon.com
June 15, 2000
Gary Kaufman |
Shoeless Joe, Hall of Famer A pair of South Carolina lawmakers say the "Black Sox" star's lifetime ban from baseball should be lifted. They're right. |
AskMen.com
Kyle Darbyson |
Classic Baseball Movies Baseball has been the theme of many great movies, and here are five of the very best classics. |
Science News
September 8, 2007
Julie J. Rehmeyer |
Math Trek: May the Best Team Win Designing a sports schedule so the strongest team prevails: The winner of the Superbowl or World Series is that season's best-performing team. Right? Wrong, according to scientists. |
Reason
December 2003
Matt Welch |
Balls The joy of watching ideas win -- a review of Michael Lewis's Moneyball: The Art of Winning an Unfair Game |
Smithsonian
April 2005
Carolyn Kleiner Butler |
Indelible Images - The Old Ballgames Ernest Withers, who would document the civil rights movement for African-American newspapers and the mainstream press, also photographed the glories of black baseball -- including pioneering big leaguer Jackie Robinson. |
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? |
Salon.com
September 22, 2000
Joan Walsh |
Who let the dogs out? If you don't know, you haven't been following the best team -- and the best kept secret -- in baseball. |
