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My Ngst About Moneyball
Baseball or Moneyball? As the World Series curtain rings down, and the Winter Meetings approach, is baseball a sport or an industry? [Opinion]
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Punked by Baseball America
An MLN Anniversary Tribute
As we celebrate our 5th anniversary, Baseball America punks our prowess at list making. Sr. Editor Brian Ross has a few choice words for them about the FAB50 and the future of sports publishing.
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Baseball, Heal Thyself.
The 20th century needed a tyrant to bring discipline to the sport of baseball. The 21st century will need a visionary to return it to its place as the national pastime. Can Branch Rickey III, scion of the famed Rickey family, heal baseball's self-inflicted wounds? [Opinion]
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Can NDBL Expansion Stimulate
Minor Athletics?
The NBDL announced major expansion plans as Commissioner Stern pushes forward with the goal of a development league for players who either don't have NCAA academics, or need additional time or visibility after college to prepare for the NBA. Will it benefit the other sports playing in indoor arenas, or will it cannibalize more of a limited audience? [News Analysis]
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Message For Every Clubhouse Wall
The game of baseball is a timeline more than a century old. Barry, Sammy, and Jose have set their part of it in sad stone. How will the young players reporting to minor league camp shape it? [Opinion]
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The 11th Commandment of Hockey
NHL refugee Donald Brashear gets kicked out of the fledgling LNAH. Mon dieu! [Opinion]
Taking Out The Trashers
It would seem that it is open season on officials in the UHL, as long as the check for your franchise fee clears. [Opinion]
From Major to Minor
Commissioner Bud Selig and the owners of baseball continue to operate the business as if the minor leagues and the expanding cities of the sun belt states didn't exist. Why Washington is another boneheaded Bud play, and why Montreal should go minor. [Opinion]
Can't We All Just Get Along?
The hockey wars between the ACHL remnants, the SEHL and the WHA-2/EHL/SHL, may be in need of the UN, or at least a good preschool teacher. [Opinion]
Rumors of My Demise Are Greatly Exaggerated
Media wags and tony upper-crust metropolitan publications have branded hockey dead. In an exclusive interview, Hockey has a few choice words to share about the future. [Article]
John Henry Williams: Elegy for a Lightweight
Leukemia takes a man who spent his final years in search of a connection with a distant, famous father, who stood up to the might of the American sports media in his quest. [Article]
The Fault Lies Not Within The Stars, but Within Themselves
The UHL had a responsibility to the fans of Columbus, where the Stars operated for less than half of a season. [Opinion]
A Stern Lecture on Minor League Basketball
The owners want Jordans from a system that's failing everybody. The key to better basketball rests in the Commissioner's hands. [Opinion]
