Tuesday, June 26, 2012

The 30, Week 12: MLB's Equilibrium Problem


Kevin Youkilis
"If there's one aspect of baseball that should cause cries of unfairness — beyond vast gaps in market and revenue size, frequent umpire error, and Mike Trout being this good this soon — it's the schedule. Unbalanced schedules might make sense if the only way into the playoffs was to win your own division. But with baseball adopting wild cards nearly two decades ago, then adding more this year, you've got teams like the Jays competing for postseason spots with teams like the Angels, while playing far more games against beastly competition."
Grantland

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