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'Don't Ask, Don't Tell' Repeal Needs to Resonate With Pro Sports -- Now

Four years into the Second World War, Lt. Carlton Skinner, the commander of the U.S. weather ship Sea Cloud in the North Atlantic, sent a memo up the Navy's chain of command. He requested that it allow him to start training black seamen, long relegated to menial tasks, for critical jobs reserved for white sailors. Skinner...

Haterade Power Rankings: Because We Dislike Things

It's the Haterade Power Rankings. Drink up, suckers. If you missed the recent Airing of the Grievances at FanHouse, you missed out on some good goshdarn cathartic fun. So much fun, in fact, that we've been ordered by our bosses asked politely to crank out all our cynicism in a weekly post that ranks stuff we hate the...

MLB Attendance Down More Than 6 Percent in 2009

Major League Baseball welcomed 73,364,441 fans into stadiums this season, the fifth-highest total in the history of the game. That sounds great, until you realize that the total attendance numbers dropped 6.65 percent for the year, the steepest drop since 1952. Before you start sounding the recession alarm, however, it's...

Baseball Brunch: Time for Draft Reform?

Every Sunday, MLB FanHouse empties out its notebook in Baseball Brunch.As the No. 1 overall pick in 1990, Chipper Jones signed with the Braves for $275,000.Even in today's dollars, that's about $450,000 -- or about 3 percent of Stephen Strasburg was guaranteed as this year's No. 1 pick.And Jones agreed to his deal the...

From the Windup: Thank Bud for Wild-Card Intrigue

From the Windup is Matt Snyder's extended look at some aspect of America's pastime each Thursday. Bud Selig has been rightfully blamed for many of baseball's ills, like the notorious "juiced" era, the debacle during the 2009 World Series and a myriad of other issues. It's easy to paint him a scapegoat for everything --...

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Will The A's Actually Leave Oakland?

Baseball Commissioner Bud Selig says it's up to Lew Wolff to decide whether to consider additional sites for a new ballpark for the Athletics, and the Oakland owner maintains he's focused on San Jose rather than a move outside the Bay Area.

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06/02/12 David Moulton: Johan's 'no-hitter' illustrates MLB's... Source: Naples Daily News - Naples FL Major League Baseball's refusal to expand the use of instant replay is now nothing short of ignorance.
06/01/12 TFD: Hawk Harrelson gets chewed out by Bud Selig, says... Source: RandBall - Star Tribune After being reprimanded by MLB commissioner Bud Selig, Chicago White Sox announcer Ken "Hawk" Harrelson said a tirade such as the one he unleashed on the air against umpire Mark Wegner won't happen again.
06/01/12 The Real Reason Why Baseball Won't Expand Instant... Source: The Business Insider There have been plenty of situations during baseball games this season where expanded instant replay would've been very helpful.
05/31/12 MLB Needs "Real" Instant Replay ASAP Source: Bleacher Report It was Game Six of the infamous I-70 World Series between the Royals and Cardinals.
05/31/12 Hollywood hits Milwaukee to film Selig movie cameo Source: On Milwaukee - Milwaukee WI Did you see the cameras set up on the Galleria level of the U.S. Bank Building, 777 E. Wisconsin Ave., last week?