The long winter of our discontent is over. The 2023 MLB season is finally here. There are a new set of rules this year, on top of the slate of new rules adopted last year. Let’s just say this is no longer the game that I used to play. Tradition has given way to the … Read more
The long winter of our discontent is over (a labor dispute between billionaire owners and millionaire ball players and a player lockout). The delayed MLB 2022 season is finally here. The new player agreement comes with some new rules for the 2022 season. Let’s just say this is no longer the game that I used … Read more
Baseball’s crazy COVID Season of cardboard cutout fans and recorded crowd noise is over. The Los Angeles Dodgers finally figured out how to get out of their own way and to win a World Championship in 2020. The long winter of our COVID-19 discontent is over. The “boys of summer” are back playing in front … Read more
I do an annual post about the start of the major league baseball season, but this year the season was delayed by major league sports shutting down due to the coronavirus pandemic. Major League Baseball celebrates Jackie Robinson Day on April 15, when the players all wear uniform No. 42 and remember baseball’s most important … Read more
I love baseball. I really miss baseball. But this decision makes no business sense to me at all. Why would Major League Baseball force its most valuable assets, its players, to risk contracting COVID-19 with possible long-term debilitating effects that could cut short their career, or even result in death? Just for TV revenue from … Read more