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Baseball needs to expand its thinking

Wed, 02/23/2011 - 10:04am

Ken Rosenthal at FoxSports.com explores a solution to help Major League Baseball avoid contraction of two struggling franchises, but I believe baseball should go a step further and not only not contract, but expand.

MLB finance, an appeal to IE7 users, oatmeal

Thu, 02/10/2011 - 10:17am

Major League Baseball has been enjoying unusual labor peace, but that doesn't stop some owners from trying to make truly stupid decisions, decisions almost as stupid as using IE7 or a congressmen sending shirtless photos people he meets on Craiglist.

Delay of games drags out baseball's postseason

Thu, 10/14/2010 - 9:09am

Major League Baseball sometimes wonders why its postseason doesn't get good TV raitings. There's no excuse for the World Series going into November will all these off days. Sure, it's nice if a team is rested for each series, but baseball needs to worry about keeping fans interested first, keeping pitchers rested second.

Baseball is nearly fixed; time to finish the job

Wed, 03/24/2010 - 10:34am

The Minnesota Twins' signing of Joe Mauer completes Major League Baseball's journey back from the brink of contraction. Baseball is starting to grumble about realignment, which is long overdue for a sport that has one division with six teams and another with four. But ideas being bandied about like a dynamic realignment that can change from year to year based on teams' expectations or wishes, are even more ridiculous than the league's attempt to contract nearly a decade ago.