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riveraveblues.com - 3/8/2008
Open source front offices
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My line of work is basically all Internet, so I stumble across some strange things. Today, it was a Wall Street Journal article about how baseball teams are using the wisdom of fans to make decisions. We know, thanks to Peter Gammons, that front offices read blogs . This piece goes a little deeper, citing a few specific instances of teams using the aid of fans for strategic advantage. The ...

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MLB Blog Roundup: March 7, 2008
Playing for Peanuts Blog — ... are shopping Xavier Nady, possibly to the Mets (Where Have you gone, Andy Van Slyke?) The Dodgers Are Hurt (Dodger Thoughts) The '94 Orioles were Cheesy (Camden Chat) Who has the ugliest uniforms? (UmpBump) MLB front offices are taking tips from the Interwebs? (River Ave. Blues) Andruw Jones is a behemoth ( ...

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