Tag: American League

The 100th anniversary of the exemption is still celebrated by the Barons of Baseball. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tSFNcxJfGms Does Major League Baseball still need a full antitrust exemption? The...

MLB has left the building. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=awdCgAqoM0M It is all over for Buffalo as a Major League Baseball city. The Toronto Blue Jays franchise is going back...

Baseball owners never thought about an All Star Game. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=svyaDwmix54 The Major League Baseball All Star Game started off as a gimmick and remains a gimmick...

Multiple owners have had problems owning the A's. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QFIMMVrrhoU In the 1960s, Kansas City Athletics baseball team owner Charles Finley decided he didn’t like Kansas City...

Sports has made a bumpy comeback. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JijqTwniVuQ A year ago, the sports world stopped because of the COVID-19 pandemic. The National Basketball Association shut down on...

Major League Baseball returns for the first time since 1890. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iKN_JgQc9QA Major League Baseball will finally play some games in Buffalo, New York as the city...

The first politics of sports business. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FC35GXLv-PM Sixty-seven years ago today, Lou Perini moved his Boston Braves National League baseball team to Milwaukee and changed how...

Can you reinvent the wheel?   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QWHm1EMMTh4 It is easy to say you want to start a new league. Vince McMahon has done it twice with...

The game will go on.   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9dSlzDadTqA There were some whispers of concern going into the new season. Something was wrong with the outcome of baseball’s...

The bully pulpit worked. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XJEOdJkFVgM Washington’s D. C. Stadium will be gone within two years but it should have been designated as a historical site defining...