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Investing in Baseball’s Future by Limiting Rule IV Draft; Abolition, Not Expansion in the Game’s Best Interest

Posted in Baseball, Culture, Draft, International, Mets, MLB on November 18, 2010 | 6 Comments »

Most of the news coverage emanating from MLB’s General Managers meetings in Orlando has centered on proposals for adding more teams to the playoffs, but another very significant topic has gone relatively unnoticed: expanding the Rule IV amateur draft to include international players like those from the Dominican Republic. As I suggested back in April, […]

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Baseball Infamy: John Dillinger – From the Bushes to Robbing Banks

Posted in Baseball, Baseball History, Crime, Culture, tagged on November 17, 2010 | 9 Comments »

(This is the beginning of a series on infamous or controversial historical figures who also had a notable association with baseball. For the second installment on Billy Sunday, click here, and for the third installment on Marty Bergen, click here.) When the notorious bandit Willie Sutton was asked why he robbed banks, legend has it that he matter-of-factly replied, […]

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Pinch Blogging at TheYankeeU

Posted in Baseball, Culture, Media, MLB, NFL on November 4, 2010 | Leave a Comment »

Earlier today, the Captain’s Blog was invited by TheYankeeU to address some of the issues involved with comparing MLB and NFL TV ratings. If you haven’t checked it out already, by all means head on over. And, while you’re there, be sure to enjoy all of the other great work being done over at TYU.

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At Least New York Fans Don’t Do This…

Posted in Baseball, Culture, MLB, Yankees, tagged , , on November 2, 2010 | 2 Comments »

New York fans get a bad rap around the country for being unruly (I am talking to you Mr. Greenberg), and sometimes the criticism is justified. Some spitting, a few thrown objects and even a fight or two have been known to breakout in the stands, but the one thing you’ve never seen is a […]

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Ahead of the Pack: Baseball’s Relationship with Cigarettes

Posted in Baseball, Baseball History, Culture, MLB, Nostalgia, tagged on October 27, 2010 | 3 Comments »

Honus Wagner has been dead for nearly 55 years, but a group of Baltimore-based nuns is hoping that the Hall of Fame shortstop can come up big one more time…on the auction block that is. The School Sisters of Notre Dame are the latest in a long line of lucky owners who have found themselves […]

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Time for Yankees to Clean Up the Bleachers?

Posted in Baseball, Culture, MLB, Yankees, tagged on October 15, 2010 | 2 Comments »

A New York Yankees spokesperson has informed the Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD) that the singing of homophobic lyrics at Yankee Stadium will not be tolerated, and any fan engaging in such action will be ejected from the premises. Although you’d like to think that such a policy would go without saying, recent […]

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Bronx Banter Anthology Serves Up Stadium Memories

Posted in Baseball, Books, Culture, MLB, Yankees on October 1, 2010 | Leave a Comment »

The last remnants of the old Yankee Stadium may have been cleared away, but thanks to books like the just released Lasting Yankee Stadium Memories, the old place will never be forgotten. For those familiar with the esteemed blog Bronx Banter (and those who aren’t should be), Stadium Memories will ring a bell because it […]

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