Archive for February 2006

Maury follows up on his article in The Hardball Times Baseball Annual 2006 with the first of a four part look at the next CBA.

The World Baseball Classic opens whole new avenues for MLB to experiment with marketing.

One day, Bud Selig will no longer be commissioner of baseball. When that day comes, Maury wonders who might take the position.

Maury goes over the debate on statistics, fantasy sports leagues, and the MLB Advanced Media’s attempt to impose licensing fees in conjunction with the players that generate the stats.

Maury can’t help but count the days till the word “Angelos” is removed from its association with the Orioles.

Maury finds that the Major League Baseball in Montreal almost collapsed less than 3 months after the NL awarded the club

Part 2 in a series on player agents. Maury gets perspectives from Bill James, Fred Claire, Buzzie Bavasi, Tal Smith, and Jerry Crasnick

Part one of a two-part series on the world of player agents. Legends Jerry Kapstein, Dick Moss, the Hendricks brothers are profiled.

Another year has come and gone. Here are the good and the not so good moments outside the lines in 2005.

Closing this series on the MLB consitution with a look at areas such as the Central Fund, rules regarding the clubs, how the season is structured, and the territories of the clubs.