All posts tagged "Rob Manfred"
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6.3KBold PredictionsMajor League Baseball Year In Review 2022
As 2022 winds down, it’s a perfect time to reflect on the past 365 days in your personal life. It’s a time...
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8.6KAL WestMLB’s Sign Stealing Scandal: A Fan’s Perspective
In following the sign stealing scandal gripping Major League Baseball with no signs of letting up, it’s been intriguing to witness the...
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11.9K4Prospect WatchQuestions About the 42 Minor League Team Cut List (Part One)
About 20 years ago, the US Mint began circulating specially designed quarters- one for each state. I was 16 at the time,...
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4.9KMonday NotebookThe Automatic Strike Zone is All About $$$
The Hall of Fame is a hot topic this time of year. Every Hall-related topic is a lightning rod- be it the...
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8.7K1Houston AstrosAre the Houston Astros the New England Patriots of Baseball?
The New York Yankees, once famously labeled the “Evil Empire” by then-Red Sox president and CEO Larry Lucchino, may yet be the...
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3.4K1ResearchBaseball’s Awkward Dance with Gambling
In a wide-ranging article for ESPN about gambling in baseball, senior writer Steve Wulf wrote the following in reference to last November’s...
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4.0KResearchAlmora Foul Ball Renews Protective Netting Debate
For a parent bringing his or her child to an MLB ballpark, nothing could be worse than that child getting struck with...
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3.3K1ResearchOn Mike Trout and Megabucks Contracts
12 years. $430 million. Those are the terms of Mike Trout’s extension with the Los Angeles Angels. If honored in full, they...
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6.1KResearchIs “The Shift” Bad for Major League Baseball?
Critics of today’s brand of baseball oft decry defensive shifts (“the shift”) and other changes in teams’ strategy. Its defenders may point...
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1.5K1American LeagueA Retrospective From The Future: Looking Back On Commissioner Rob Manfred’s First Five Years In Office
Five years ago, in January of 2015, Bud Selig rode off into the sunset and Rob Manfred assumed the reigns of major...