Tag: MLB Editorial
MLB, With Tensions High, Has Already Fired Its First Salvo At The Players
Even with the season still ongoing, MLB has fired the first salvo, and it’s not over the players’ bow, adding to the chance of a…
MLB Commentary: The Tinkering With The Game Has To Stop
As with MLB, too much of anything is not healthy, nor is it productive. Good ideas get overwhelmed by bad ones, and it has to…
On MLB And Its Eternal Fight To Level The Playing Field
MLB has long been waging the fight to keep a level playing field between pitchers and hitters. The fact is, though, pitchers are smarter. The…
MLB: On The Insidious Takeover By Bally Sports And Gambling Interests
MLB’s dark secret is slowly but surely coming into view. There’s money to be made in gambling, and Bally Sports is their anointed partner. In…
MLB: Why It Makes Economic Sense To Loosen Up On Game Blackouts
MLB’s policy to blackout televised home team games is misdirected and counterproductive. The policy needs to be relaxed, and here’s why… MLB’s Extra Innings package…
MLB Hits A New Low Going All-In Promoting Sports Betting On The MLBN
MLB is always seeking ways to increase revenue. But the posting of real-time odds on their scoreboard is new, reprehensible, and sinful. Major League Baseball…
MLB: Their All-Time Stupidest Idea – Move The Mound Back 12 Inches
MLB is testing a rule in the Atlantic League that moves the pitching rubber back 12 inches. Enabling stubborn hitters and GMs is not the…
MLB: On Debunking The Claim These Early Games “Don’t Matter” Much
In MLB, we hear it all the time. “It’s only April; it takes time; we’ll straighten this thing out.” Oh yeah? Let’s talk again in…
Baseball, it is said, is only a game. True. And the Grand Canyon is only a hole in Arizona. Not all holes, or games, are created equal.
