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We Hailed
Following the 2006 season, Major League
Baseball owners and players will meet to
frame a new Basic Agreement. I'd like to
receive your input concerning aspects of the
modern game that should be altered for the
benefit of baseball fans as part of that
agreement. Please use the Contact Us page
to comment on any of the listed topics.
Expansion or contraction
The 2002 agreement gives ownership the
uncontested right to contract two teams
following the conclusion of the 2006 season if
it chooses to do so. What are your thoughts on
this issue?
Steroid Use/Drug Policy
Players and owners amended the 2002
agreement to toughen restrictions on the use
of steroids. In the context of the 2007
agreement, what are your views regarding the
use of performance enhancing drugs?
Specifically, do you see this as a privacy
issue, an issue of cheating (and if so, who is
cheated?), an issue related to the players'
responsibilities to be role-models, or a players'
health issue?,
Oversight structure
At present, the commissioner is hired by
ownership, and his authority over players is
limited by the terms of the Basic Agreement.
The head of the Players Association serves in
a similar capacity with respect to the players.
Would would you think of a situation where a
commissioner was hired jointly by owners,
players and an outside third party, given a
fixed term, was barred from reappointment,
and was given virtually unlimited powers to
act in the game's best interests?
Feed back on these and other areas of the
Basic Agreement.
A Story Concerning Baseball and
America
Part 1: The Infant Swatigy (July 15 to July 31,
1920)
1. The Infant Swatigy (New York)
2. Silent Welcome (Chicago)
3. The Turnstile Kid (Cleveland)
Part 2: The Last Two Weeks of Innocence and
Purity in the History of Baseball (Aug. 1 to Aug.
15, 1920)
4. “Fuck Babe Ruth”; “Fuck The King” (New York)
5. Baboons and Monkeyshines (Chicago)
6. Two Lucky Stiffs (Cleveland)
Part 3: Dona Eis Requiem Sempaeternum (Aug.
16 to Aug. 31, 1920)
7. His Conscience is Clear (New York)
8. Under Shadow… (Chicago)
9. …Under Pallor (Cleveland)
Part 4: Reports of Babe Ruth’s Death Are Greatly
Exaggerated (Sept. 1-15, 1920)
10. A Chigger in Conspiracy With Gamblers (New
York)
11. What team does Hartley Replogle play for?
(Chicago)
12. An Afternoon Well-Spent Outside League Park
(Cleveland)
Part 5: The Game Must Be Protected (Sept. 16-
Oct. 11, 1920)
13. For the Brothers of the Old School (New York)
14. A Little Ride Downtown (Chicago)
15. A Three-day Moral Crusade (Cleveland)
Felber's research and writing into baseball strategic
analysis, both on-field and off-field, and baseball history.
It is an extension of his strategic study, "The Book on the
Book," published in 2005 by Thomas Dunne Books, a
division of St. Martins Press. "The Book on The Book" is
now available at major bookstores nation-wide or via
Amazon.com
This site contains data dating back about two decades
on a selection of studies:
Earned Values: In any of the last 10 seasons, how
much dollar value did a particular player actually
contribute to his team's on-field success?
General Manager Ratings: For any season since
1982, which general managers helped their teams by
their personnel moves, which hurt their teams, and by
how much?
Tactician Ratings: Which managers had the most
success in their use of various quantifiable on-field
tactics? (Or, just why did the Mariners fire Bob Melvin,
anyway?)