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Dodgers Remain Baseball’s Top Spender as Yankee Dollars Continue to Decline

Posted in Baseball, Business and Finance, CBA, MLB, Red Sox, Yankees on December 22, 2015 | 1 Comment »

Forget about Dodger Blue. Green is the new primary color in Los Angeles. The Dodgers may have come up empty handed in the postseason, but it wasn’t for lack of trying. In 2015, the organization spent over $290 million on player costs, which, combined with a luxury tax bill of nearly $44 billion, easily made […]

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Manfred’s Opt Out Cop Out an Attempt to Save Owners from Themselves

Posted in Baseball, MLB on December 18, 2015 | Leave a Comment »

Opt out clauses have become the baseball equivalent of a pre-nuptial agreement. Before committing to a team, high profile free agents are increasingly using their leverage to negotiate favorable terms for a potential early divorce. But, are these contractual caveats as one-sided as often portrayed? The criticism of opt outs has ratcheted up as the […]

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Tracking the Yankees 2016 Payroll; Money Saved New Way of Keeping Score in the Bronx

Posted in Baseball, Business and Finance, MLB, Yankees on December 14, 2015 | 2 Comments »

Brian Cashman still has a lot of work to do. According to the Yankees’ GM , “there are still steps in the process” to take, but if his master plan precludes adding payroll, Cashman will have to subtract salary before adding more talent. USA Today recently reported that the Yankees’ actual payroll (AAV, not current […]

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Misery Loves Company: World Series Beckons Long Suffering Franchises

Posted in Baseball History, MLB, Post Season on October 16, 2015 | 2 Comments »

Baseball’s final four is set, and it features a quartet with one of the longest cumulative championship droughts in LCS history. So, forget the recent talk of dynasties and title defenses. When the champagne flows after this year’s World Series, it will quench the thirst of a long-suffering fan base. Yearly Cumulative World Series Drought […]

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Home Runs Trump Small Ball In Postseason Play

Posted in Baseball, Baseball History, MLB, Post Season, Statistical Analysis on October 13, 2015 | 1 Comment »

The MLB postseason had a power surge on Monday. Yesterday’s four division series games featured a long ball barrage that set a myriad of records, including the most home runs and runs scored in a single day of postseason play. Who said the playoffs were all about small ball? To be fair, before Monday’s outburst, both […]

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Failure Breeds Success for 2015 Yankees

Posted in Baseball, MLB, Yankees on October 7, 2015 | Leave a Comment »

The Yankees’ return to the postseason didn’t last long, but, because most people didn’t expect them to make the playoffs, even a brief cameo in October can be considered an over-achievement. However, just because the team exceeded diminished expectations doesn’t mean that over-achievement was a success. Under the old Yankees’ standard, it would have been […]

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Yankees New Guest Policy Creating Base of Apathetic Fans

Posted in Baseball, Business and Finance, Hal Steinbrenner, Mets, MLB, Yankee Stadium, Yankees on September 30, 2015 | 2 Comments »

Judging by the dwindling crowds at the Stadium and declining audience on YES, Yankees fans haven’t exactly bought into the excitement of the wild card race. For most of the year, but particularly over the last month, apathy has replaced the usual fervor in the Bronx. And, even with a chance to clinch a postseason […]

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