beyondtheboxscore.com - 11/20/2008
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In Part I on Tuesday, we looked at the early days of the AL and NL, as well as baseball's expansion into California. Today, we pick up where we left off, with the story of a man named Bud.
Bud Selig and the Seattle Pilots
The Seattle Pilots struggled in their first year, and ...
seamheads.com - 11/14/2008
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seamheads.com —
Baseball is a $6 billion dollar business that
has boomed during the reign of current Commissioner Bud
Selig. How will the deepening recession impact the blossoming prosperity of the sport? Will it undermine the current state of labor and ownership harmony? Will marginal franchises fail? Noted ...
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The Best Commissioner for Hard Times?
sports.espn.go.com - 11/21/2008
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NEW YORK -- There has never been a
rain-shortened game in the postseason, and now there never
will be. Baseball commissioner Bud Selig announced the sport will enact a rules change stating that postseason games cannot be shortened because of bad ...
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Bud Selig: Major League Baseball to ban shortened ...
sportsillustrated.cnn.com - 11/21/2008
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FishStripes —
... Over at Beyond The Box Score, our good friend Sky put together some number on base running runs and Dan Uggla is one of the best. If you are interested in the methodology that was used, it is provided.
Speaking of things going on at Beyond The Box Score, they are presenting the History of Baseball. And so far, the first two parts are completed.
The History of the American League and National League, Part I.
The History of the American League and National League, Part II.
The Marlins ...
Thursday Applesauce
Amazin' Avenue —
... off (~$18 million a year), but you'd have a tough time finding someone willing to give a soon-to-be 36-year-old a seven-year deal.
The Red Sox' surplus of outfielders led to Coco Crisp being traded to the Royals yesterday in exchange for reliever Ramon Ramirez. Beyond the Boxscore breaks it down. FanGraphs does, too.
Also at BtB, Sky Kalkman thinks the time may be right for the Rays to trade Scott Kazmir, and Peter Bendix continues his series on the history of the NL and AL.
At The Hardball Times, David Gassko follows up on last ...
More History
ShysterBall —
Beyond the Box Score is continuing its survey of baseball history. For those of you who missed it, Part I of the history of the leagues is here and Part II is here. Today, BTBS goes into the history of how free agency came to be. Like I said last week, it's a lot of stuff you know already, but it's worth reading again.
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Selig: MLB to ban shortened postseason games —
ESPN.com - MLB 11/20/2008
There has never been a rain-shortened game in the postseason, and now there never will be. Baseball commissioner Bud Selig announced the sport will enact a rules change stating that postseason games cannot be shortened because of bad weather.
