It‘s a messy situation. The Tampa Bay Rays wanted a new stadium in downtown Tampa, but wanted the city to pay for it, an idea that the city was naturally not particularly fond of. At first it looked like it might actually come to fruition, but now it’s dead. They’re now forced to keep playing in one of the worst
Read moreIt’s a well-known fact in the baseball world, that teams manipulate the service time of their players in order to receive an extra year of control. Here is the explanation for how service time works and here is the explanation for how it can and is being manipulated. Naturally this is unfair to the players and keeps the fans from
Read moreFor the second year in a row, teams seem to have little interest to splurge in free agency, with the luxury tax becoming a salary cap. The players are upset and the next CBA is likely to be a major storyline because of it. The current CBA expires after the 2021 season and the owners and the players will sit
Read moreI often wondered, why is it that teams in all sports play better at home than on the road? Baseball has one explanation: the difference in ballpark dimensions, however it doesn’t explain why it happens in other sports, or why ballpark advantages don’t seem to benefit teams playing away as much when they logically should (good hitting team playing in
Read moreI would like to preface this article by saying that the chances of this happening are pretty much non-existent. That said, I’m a big fan of baseball history and having grown up in New York City, I wish that I could’ve been around for when the Brooklyn Dodgers and the New York Giants were around. Now comes my crazy idea….
Read moreThe all-star game has become an outdated tradition. Here are five reasons why: 1. THE ORIGINAL REASON FOR IT IS NO LONGER VALID The All-Star game was started in 1933 as another way for the American League and the National League to compete with each other. At the time there was an actual rivalry between the two leagues and the
Read moreBaseball statistics are great…. when they analyze the player’s actual ability. What if there was a statistic that penalized a player’s good performance for having bad teammates and rewarded a player’s bad performance for having good teammates? Would that be a good statistic to measure a player’s value? Should a player’s value be judged by the performance of his teammates?
Read moreThere was a time when there was no such thing as bullpens and closers. In fact saves! weren’t even an official statistic until 1969. Starting pitchers were expected to pitch the whole game, and relief pitchers were used for spot starts and multi-inning relief appearances when a starter would struggle or get injured. Things changed however… starters went from pitching
Read moreI decided to try and take a stab at fixing the system. Both owners and players have to be satisfied by the way the system works so I tried to come up with a system that would satisfy both sides. At this point players are underpaid during most of their 20’s (some players are literally paid league minimum after MVP
Read moreIt’s no secret that despite all of the controversy, the NFL is the most popular sports league in America, while MLB is #2. As a huge baseball fan I would like that to change. I want MLB to be #1 again and I have some ideas on how to do it… 1. MAKE BASEBALL EASIER TO GET INTO FOR KIDS
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