As crazy as it may sound, adding a 4th AL division would make MLB better – at least based on the current format of the the game and the league. In my hypothetical world, the AL would lose the Wild Card, and each division winner would earn a playoff spot. The NL would remain the [...]
Posts Tagged ‘New York Yankees’
MLB Parity Non-Issue in the 00′s
With the decade quickly coming to a close, there is surely bound to be no shortage of ‘Decade in Review’ and ‘Decade Superlative’ columns, especially as we have no Y2K looming. At the very beginning of this decade, MLB was considering contraction of two of its squads, as the Expos (remember them?) and Twins came [...]
MLB Power Rankings – June 30th
Welcome to the inaugural edition of the Cubicle GM MLB Power Rankings. These rankings are a collaboration of some of the brilliant minds that make up the brain trust here at Cubicle GM. Each participating member gives their individual rankings, and the combined average makes up where we see the balance of power in the [...]
Major MLB Story Lines of First 2 Weeks
A spin around some major early season storylines: Economy Induced Attendance Drop During the offseason, estimates of how the downturn in the economy (in case you hadn’t noticed yet the economy is in shambles) would impact attendace at MLB games varied significantly. Peter Gammons reported that MLB was informing teams to plan for a 17%-20% [...]
WikiAnswers: Are Derek Jeter and A-Rod Still Friends?
Apparently the answer is yes. The WikiAnswerMan (pay no attention to the man behind the curtain, kind of like that guy at the beginning of Parade Magazine who somehow has the expertise to rank both the best secretaries of state and country music stars under 25 in the same article) answers “Yes, they are still [...]
