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Gajtka: Shorten The MLB Season? Unlikely, But It Makes Some Sense

Matt Gajtka -
PITTSBURGH — The Cubs and Cardinals had their Wednesday game at Wrigley Field postponed due to nasty weather. That was the 25th postponement across Major League Baseball, one short of the modern through-April record, set in 2000. The circumstances were enough to make Chicago’s Anthony Rizzo publicly propose a decrease in the number of games […]
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MLB Owners Approve Instant Replay For the 2014 Season

Tim Williams -
Major League Baseball owners had their annual meetings today, and a big topic of discussion was the installation of instant replay in baseball starting in 2014. According to Ken Rosenthal, the owners approved funding for instant replay. Owners approve funding for replay expansion next season. Approval of players' and umpires' union fully expected. — Ken […]
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First Pitch: MLB Parity is a Parody

Tim Williams -
For most of the previous decade, the argument surrounding Major League Baseball was that the league had parity because of all of the different World Series winners. From 2000-2008 the league had eight different winners in nine years. That gave the impression that anyone could win, and that baseball was a fair game. After the […]
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MLB to Expand Instant Replay in 2014, Yet the System Is...

Tim Williams -
Earlier today it was announced that Major League Baseball would be expanding instant replay in 2014. This is all unofficial, as the owners need to formalize the plan at the owner’s meetings on November 13th-14th. Below are the details, along with my thoughts on the good and the bad of the proposal. The Changes **Replay […]
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First Pitch: MLB Should Move the Trade Deadline Back a Month

Tim Williams -
I’m not sure how the trade deadline got to be on July 31st. I know that it has been July 31st since 1986, and before that it was June 15th. I just don’t know why the league decided to change the date, and why July 31st was picked. Here’s what I do know. Two changes […]
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Should the Pirates Have More Top 50 Prospects?

Tim Williams -
The MLB.com top 50 prospect list came out yesterday, and the Pittsburgh Pirates only had one player on the list, with Jameson Taillon coming in at the #18 spot.  With the Pirates focusing on the draft the last few years, the question of whether the Pirates should have had more players in the top 50 […]
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Jameson Taillon Finishes 18th on MLB.com’s Rankings

Tim Williams -
MLB.com released their top 50 prospects for the 2011 season tonight, and Jameson Taillon rated 18th on the list.  Taillon was the only Pirates prospect named to the list.  You can see the full list here, and the write up of Taillon is here.  The Pirates were one of 18 teams to have just one […]
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