Archive for Contracts/Economics

Why fans in Iowa and Las Vegas see the fewest teams on TV — and how to fix blackout problems for us all.

Breaking down the numbers to figure out what your team is likely to find waiting for it on the free agent market.

It’s time to re-evaluate the lens through which we have begun to look at the game.

The Phillies would have been better had they adopted sabermetrics earlier on, but that’s not why they’re struggling now.

Outstanding performances aren’t always compensated at the same time those performances occur.

Measured by production, not all major leaguers are paid the same. How much is race a factor — and why?

Aug. 9, 1946, was about a lot more than night baseball.

For all the criticism he took, Commissioner Bud Selig will be hard to replace. Here’s what made him successful — and here’s why his successor’s job won’t be easy.

In the second part of this study on race in baseball, we look at the effect of kids being able to watch African-American baseball stars.

More data show that the decline in African-American major leaguers is a function of income and weather.