MLB Given Pass By Feds

By dgrassi, Section MLB
Posted on Fri Feb 22 2008 at 11:21 AM EST
More on: MLB, Drugs, Steroids, Congress, Business, Law (all tags)

By Diane M. Grassi

But MLB has not learned much in the past couple of decades when it comes to the integrity of the game, in obeying the law and in protecting the best interests of its athletes, its most precious commodity.

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Baseball Ill-Equipped for Global Politics

By dgrassi, Section MLB
Posted on Thu Jan 24 2008 at 5:41 PM EST
More on: MLB, Globalism, Economics, Business, Sports (all tags)

If MLB does not proceed with caution and realize it has not merely entered the domain of industrial globalization but the world of global politics and diplomacy, it could prove damaging.

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MLB Suffers No Lack of Hypocrisy

By dgrassi, Section MLB
Posted on Mon Sep 17 2007 at 10:59 AM EST
More on: MLB, WUA, Gambling, NBA, Business, Fraud (all tags)

How MLB differs in the late 20th and early 21st centuries from its historic past, is by virtue of its yearly multi-billion dollar revenues it now enjoys, enabling it more unilateral power over the game of baseball in spite  of the Major League Baseball Players Association (MLBPA) and the World Umpires Association (WUA) with which it must collectively bargain.

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