Was anyone else bothered by this story on Johnny Damon in today’s New York Times? Damon, one of the heroes of the 2009 World Series, is currently unemployed. A free agent, the Yankees have displayed little interest in resigning him and at the moment, there are no other takers as teams have filled their high-profile […]
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The April edition of Esquire celebrates opening day with three baseball-related items: A profile of Red Sox reliever John Papelbon, by Chris Jones “The Data,” a new column by Baseball Prospectus’ Nate Silver on “What Tim Geithner can learn from baseball.” Looks like you should have take your bar mitzva money and invested it in […]
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BaseballReflections.com posted this review of J.C. Bradbury’s book. Upshot: While the writing is not inherently strong, Bradbury does a good job of simplifying complicated economics issues for those of us who don’t spend our lives studying these things. Overall it is a very interesting read for those who are interested in outside the box issues […]
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Tom Stanton, author of several Tigers-centric titles, contributed this piece to the New York Daily News about why baseball is losing its young, middle-class fan base. Upshot: For most of my life, on a trip to the ballpark on any given day, you might find yourself sitting between a corporate executive and a line worker, […]
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This article from Forbes reflects the tremendous increase in fan interest and, thereby, profits to be had in the minor leagues. There’s also a link to a slideshow about the 20 “best” MiLB teams.
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* "Where are all the kids?"
September 4, 2008
Tom Stanton, author of several Tigers-centric titles, contributed this piece to the New York Daily News about why baseball is losing its young, middle-class fan base. Upshot: For most of my life, on a trip to the ballpark on any given day, you might find yourself sitting between a corporate executive and a line worker, […]
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