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Sports

The Atlanta Braves Won the World Series. Their Stadium Is Still a Taxpayer Boondoggle.

The economic benefits are a home run that never came, and never should have been expected.

J.C. Bradbury | 4.7.2022 7:00 AM

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Major League Baseball: Don't Nationalize it, Privatize it!

Opening Day and a bad New York Times op-ed are timely reminders that much of what ails professional baseball is the intrusion of government.

Matt Welch | 4.6.2022 1:49 PM

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Biden Administration

Voting Laws, High-Speed Rails, and Vaccine Passports

It's a regulation-heavy Monday.

Katherine Mangu-Ward, Nick Gillespie, Peter Suderman, and Matt Welch | 4.5.2021 5:02 PM

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Biography

Into the Dugout

Jim Bouton pulled back the curtain on the MLB and changed the perception of sports forever.

Clayton Trutor | 11.15.2020 6:00 AM

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Sports

The Games Must Go On

COVID-19 upended the NBA, the NFL, the NHL, and MLB. How the professional sports leagues responded offers a glimpse into our future.

Eric Boehm | 10.22.2020 6:00 AM

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Seattle

Seattle Mariners Want Taxpayers to Fork Over $180 Million, Or Else

The baseball team says it will only sign a long-term lease to remain at Safeco Field if the county ponies up.

Joe Setyon | 7.27.2018 4:55 PM

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Cuba

Baseball Star Jose Abreu Ate His Fake Passport on Flight to the U.S.

The Cuban defector and Chicago White Sox star's bizarre tale is indicative of how ridiculous immigration policy can be.

Anthony Fisher | 3.2.2017 2:30 PM

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Baseball

Miami Marlins Pitcher Jose Fernandez, Survivor of Cuba's Castro Regime, Dies at 24

The father-to-be was one of three killed in a late-night boating accident.

Anthony Fisher | 9.25.2016 11:15 AM

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Baseball

Cobb County Has No Money Left for Public Parks Because They Gave it All to the Atlanta Braves

Voters supported funding parks, but not a billionaire's ballpark.

Anthony Fisher | 6.7.2016 10:13 AM

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Baseball

Atlanta Braves Are a Terrible Baseball Team, But "A Fairly Major Real Estate Business"

Small-town Southern taxpayers subsidize minor league ballparks for baseball's worst team.

Anthony Fisher | 5.5.2016 12:10 PM

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Politics

The Baseball Commissioner Who Made Bush President

The culture, politics, and economics of baseball in the Bud Selig era

Anthony Fisher | 10.8.2015 6:00 AM

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Policy

Court Briefing Blasts Sports Leagues' Hypocritical Stance Against Legalized Gambling

Jim Pagels | 1.16.2015 5:38 PM

Culture

Why Blaming the Umps for Favoring Certain Teams is Wrong

The MLB post-season's had some controversial calls by umpires

Reason Staff | 10.12.2012 9:08 AM

Culture

MLB Trade Activity Up as Deadline Looms

Baseball teams have until 4pm ET today to make a deal

Reason Staff | 7.31.2012 1:53 PM

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