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The Economics of Baseball

A few weeks ago, I attended a couple baseball games within the span of a week with my family. We only had 3 tickets to one of the games, so my dad tried to buy a rock pile ticket for cheap. They were sold out, and coincidentally the game was also a sellout. He bought one from a vendor, and did so for over face value. The next time, we saw the same vendor, but this time, you could get […]

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Women’s Gymnastics: For the Common American Fan

(Maggie Nichols at Olympic Trials Podium Training, photo by Christy Linder) It’s the Olympic year. It’s been a whole four years since the last Summer Olympics, and a lot has changed in the world of gymnastics that casual, Olympic year fans may not realize. Well, have no fear, I will give you what you need to understand what exactly has gone down in the last four years since London 2012, and what is happening now in gymnastics in preparation for […]

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The Problem with All Star Game Voting

Another year, another All Star Game voting gone wrong. Last year it was the Royals fans attempting to vote in an entire starting lineup–for the longest time 8 of the 9 starters were bound to be Royals, even struggling Omar Infante, who didn’t even end up making the team. This year it’s the Cubs. Yes, I get that the team is resurging and fans are excited, but do all of them really deserve to start? No. Putting the fans totally […]

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