There never seems to be enough left-handed pitching to go around in the majors and to progress through the playoffs, having a quality portsider is almost mandatory. While the Oakland Athletics (Barry Zito and Mark Mulder) and the Los Angeles Dodgers (Kaz Ishii and Odalis Perez) are blessed with two quality southpaws, other clubs scrounge…
Baseball has an obligation to do revenue sharing the right way. According to Mike Jones’ market-size research, Kansas City is the smallest market with a major-league team. Jones pegs it as the 39th-largest market in the country, based largely on information from Nielsen. Using the latest data from the Census Bureau (which operates one of…