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Salary Arbitration Hearings: A Blue Jays History And How They Work
A portion of this story was published last year. As we've got a bunch of new folks hanging around here (and because of massive confusions on the Twitterwebs), I figured that it'd be worth it to put this up now. Salary Arbitration Hearings: A Blue Jays History "Un-Break My Heart". Toni Braxton's...
Wednesday Rockpile: Examining the New MLB Collective Bargaining Agreement
Yesterday was a great day for baseball labor negotiations, as MLB and the player's union agreed to a 5 year labor deal, guaranteeing 21 years of labor peace. Here's a detailed summary of the agreement from the Biz of Baseball and a less technical one from MLB SBNation. For those of you with ESPN...
The Grass is Greener: Responding to the Pessimism of Bill Simmons
I'll spare you all the long-winded introduction: last Friday, popular ESPN blogger Bill Simmons (a.k.a. Sports Guy) shared his belief that baseball is in trouble, an argument he makes to justify his ennui regarding the 2010 Boston Red Sox. The "evidence" that Mr. Simmons cites in support of his...
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