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MLB's Greed is Killing the Postseason
MLB's Greed is Killing the Postseason
Bud Selig and MLB have done everything to get as much money out of the postseason as possible. Games are played at night to maximize TV revenue when younger fans cannot watch and this season the games have been pushed back to gain more money: Fox, your friendly network for both the ALCS ...
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10/26 - No Real Theme Here (AKA It's Time for the Season To End)
Over the Monster — MLB Jumps The Gun - The Joy of Sox The curse didn't work, unfortunately. Oh well. NEXT! MLB's Greed is Killing the Postseason - Fenway West Wow, it almost November. The conspiracy theorist inside me wants to scream "The MLB is cementing Jeter's claim to Mr. November", but you know, gotta keep that guy quiet some times. The Game of the Year? - Surviving Grady Our choice isn't to be revealed for a while, so I'll let y'all debate for now. ESPN will fire Steve Phillips - Projo Sox Blog ...

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