A Minor League Baseball Bailout Would Be a Major Mistake
Taxpayers already spend millions to build minor league ballparks. Sen. Richard Blumenthal thinks they should financially support the teams, too.
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These Cities Built Minor League Ballparks With Taxpayer Money. Now They Don't Have Teams To Play in Them.
A reshuffling and reduction of Major League Baseball's feeder system means spending taxpayer money on stadiums looks even more foolish than it was before.
Into the Dugout
Jim Bouton pulled back the curtain on the MLB and changed the perception of sports forever.
Take My Likeness Out to the Ball Game
Baseball teams are finding unusual ways to make up for lost revenue.
What the Toronto Blue Jays' Infielders Can Teach Us About the Inheritance Tax
Some parents with valuable skills will find some way to transmit those skills to their children, and some children will find ways to learn them from parents.
The Return of Sports Is Great. It's Also Deeply Weird.
Playing baseball in the uncanny valley
'Throw a Billion Dollars from the Helicopter' Is a Grand-Slam Attack on Publicly Financed Stadiums
A new documentary chronicles the defeat of a grassroots protest to halt the Texas Rangers' subsidized stadium deal.
Taxpayers Still on the Hook for Stadium Debts, Even Though Coronavirus Canceled Sports
But then, those stadiums weren't likely to bring the growth the cities wanted in the first place.
John Bolton Is Still Mad That Donald Trump Wouldn't Let Him Bomb Iran
Plus: A majority of Americans support policing reforms, say goodbye to Aunt Jemima and Uncle Ben, and more....
Go Walgreens!
Why are so many people in Washington DC walking around wearing Walgreens gear all of a sudden?
Trump Is Forcing Cuban Ballplayers To Suffer for the Sins of Their Government
Administration appears to value hardline Cuba stance over ballplayer safety.
These Three Cities Spent $70 Million on Stadiums to Lure Minor League Baseball Teams. They All Struck Out.
Across the country, minor league teams are exploiting civic enthusiasm for small town sports.
Lower Taxes May Have Helped Philadelphia Sign Bryce Harper
Harper considered signing with two California-based teams, but he would have had to pay millions more to the taxman.
Taxpayers Will Pay $1 Million to Tear Down $18 Million Baseball Stadium That Predictably Failed to Rejuvenate Camden
The stadium never turned a profit and the team skipped town when local officials decided to start charging rent.
World Series Games Don't Have to Take So Long
The postseason no longer features baseball at its best.
A One-Page Provision About Minor League Baseball Shows How Broken Congress' Legislative Process Is
Congress kneecapped minor league ballplayers' lawsuit with last week's omnibus bill. Even if that was the right thing to do, the way it was done is wrong.
Looking for Electoral Reform via Baseball's Hall of Fame
Is Edgar Martinez the Gary Johnson of baseball? No, but his inevitable election to Cooperstown can teach us something useful about politics.
Why Handwashing Is Key to Ballpark Food Safety
A new study shines a light on public health protection at America's stadiums.
Miami Marlins Owner, Baseball's Cronyism All-Star, Is Suing His Team's Own Fans
Loria is determined to squeeze every last dollar out of any fan foolish enough to believe his promises.
Are Racist Remarks Illegal in Massachusetts?
A Red Sox fan's bigoted comment about a singer's rendition of the national anthem prompts a police investigation.
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.
California Teachers' Pension System Lowers Projection, Potentially Tripling What Taxpayers Will Owe
And how baseball can explain complicated pension math.
Atlanta Braves Poised to Receive Yet Another Publicly-Funded Stadium
Sarasota-area officials want to hand over tens of millions for a spring training facility without letting taxpayers have a say.
Chicago Aldermen Whine and Skip Work Because They're Not Getting Cheap Cubs World Series Tickets
80 percent of Chicago aldermen blew off the annual ethics board hearing after it ruled they had to buy tickets on the open market like everybody else.
Nationals' Pitcher Max Scherzer Thinks DC Metro Should Care About Supply and Demand
Maybe it should, but that's not how government works.
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.
Curt Schilling Settles Rhode Island Lawsuit, Also Calls for Summary Executions for Terror Suspects
Disastrous financial dealings and flirtations with fascism set the stage for his planned run for the presidency.
#VeteransForKaepernick, Compulsory Patriotism, Free Speech, and Dissent
Freedom of expression and a tolerance for ideas that might offend are American ideals worth fighting for.
Chicago Cubs Blast New Restrictions on Team's Ability to Sell Alcohol
Neighboring businesses don't want the competition.
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.
Former MLB Pitcher Bill "Spaceman" Lee Running For Governor of Vermont
One of baseball's weirdest players ever wants to be chief executive of America's crunchiest state.
The Yard Goats are a Farm Team Without a Farm
The centerpiece of Hartford's $400 million development misses another deadline.
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.
Curt Schilling's Worst Offense Is Not a Transphobic Meme
The supposed advocate for smaller government sought $75 million from the state for his failed video game venture.
Will the Real Jackie Robinson Finally Be Allowed to Stand Up Tonight?
Ken Burns promises a look at the man behind the mythical barrier-breaking ballplayer. It's about time.
Another Troubled City, Another Subsidized Stadium To the Rescue
Perpetually broke Hartford bets big-and stupid-on minor-league ballpark.
Smokeless Tobacco Bans Lubricate the Slippery Slope With Gross Brown Spit
Starting today, professional ballplayers at Dodger Stadium will be legally prohibited from chewing tobacco, because of hypocritical local pols who recognize no restraint on their power
Knocking Smokeless Tobacco Out of the Ballpark
Liberty suffers another blow in Chicago 'for the children.'
New York City Bans Smokeless Tobacco At the Ballpark
The Big Apple becomes the latest city to embrace "over-legislating the human race" at sporting events.
Cubs Manager Joe Maddon, on Chicago's New Tobacco Ban: 'I'm not into over-legislating the human race'
Grown man in uniform makes considerably more sense than Chicago politicians
New York Yankees Don't Understand The Free Market
Baseball's ultimate capitalists don't like fans buying tickets for the prices they're actually worth on Stubhub.
Donald Trump Earns Coveted Endorsement from John Rocker
Notorious former Atlanta Braves closer admires The Donald's "sack" and "backbone."
Bernie Sanders is a Socialist Because the Dodgers Left Brooklyn
Losing the Dodgers was first "painful lesson about big business," but government contributed to "Dem Bums" move to LA.
Mets vs. Royals is the World Series of Misers and Moochers
Owners who won't invest in their teams but take hundreds of millions in public financing face-off in the Fall Classic.