Are MLB Bats the New PED's?

By dgrassi, Section MLB
Posted on Mon Oct 06 2008 at 1:15 AM EST
More on: MLB, Performance Enhancing Drugs, Sports economy, Bat manufacturing (all tags)

Questions remain regarding the current MLB bat manufacturing process and after-market tampering of bats which may be responsible for the present epidemic of broken and exploding bats, as players look for that extra edge, no longer satisfied by PED's.

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Gaming Congress, Yanks Could Strike Out

By dgrassi, Section MLB
Posted on Sat Sep 06 2008 at 10:17 PM EST
More on: MLB, Yankees, Economics, Law, Congress, IRS, Corruption, Government, Stadium Financing (all tags)

At a time when NYC and NY state are both eliminating important public services due to budget shortfalls, as are many states across the country, it  is incumbent for taxpayers to know far more comprehensively the machinations of the public financing of its stadiums.

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NYC and Yankees Redfine Crookery

By dgrassi, Section MLB
Posted on Sun Aug 24 2008 at 9:46 PM EST
More on: MLB, Public financing, economy, taxes, IRS, Congress, politics (all tags)

It was revealed that NYC on behalf of the NY Yankees, is seeking relief from the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) to receive a special waiver from a law that the IRS amended in 2006 concerning the amount of tax-exempt bonds that may be allotted for the public financing of sports stadium facilities. And any net gains will come at the expense of taxpayers.

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U.S. Troops Inspire Pros of the Diamond

By dgrassi, Section MLB
Posted on Sun Jun 01 2008 at 10:21 PM EST
More on: MLB, U.S. Military, Veterans, Volunteerism (all tags)

Praise is deserved for those MLB players who have personally taken it upon themselves to raise awareness of the needs of our active-duty troops, veterans and their families and largely with their own funding and ingenuity.

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Loss of Jamiel Shaw's Life Transcends Sports

By dgrassi, Section Other Sports
Posted on Mon Apr 28 2008 at 9:15 PM EST
More on: Sports, Illegal Immigration, Government, Football (all tags)

The story of Jamiel Shaw, Jr., as reported, is not that of sensation but rather that of the war between our communities and our federal, state and local governments. For they have dropped the ball, not Jamiel, not his family, not his neighborhood.

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MLB Goes to Harlem Seeking Welfare

By dgrassi, Section MLB
Posted on Wed Mar 19 2008 at 9:50 PM EST
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It is bad enough that much of MLB's revenues come by way of the very taxpayers it seeks to disenfranchise, and namely the African-American communities in the inner cities. However, now they are after even more. Read on to find out what.

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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's Fantasy To Monopolize Suffers Another Blow

By dgrassi, Section MLB
Posted on Fri Dec 07 2007 at 10:26 AM EST
More on: MLB; Internet gambling; Congress; Courts; Fantasy Leagues (all tags)

Since statistical information has always been considered in the public domain according to prior case law, it was a rather creative leap in legal gymnastics that MLB came up with in order to ward off other fantasy league owners, especially those who beat MLB to it.

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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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