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Just five days before the first pitch of the 1947 World Series, a deal was struck to air the Series on television.
Twenty years ago, a few small-market Major League Baseball teams used advanced analytics as a secret weapon to compete with large-market teams. But the Moneyball effect is gone now.
Up until the 1919 Black Sox Scandal, gambling and baseball had a marriage of convenience. A century later, gambling is again being seen as a solution to the sport’s woes.
What makes someone more likely to succeed when the lights shine brightest?
Many sports enthusiasts are notoriously superstitious. Why is that so?
No team in sports has inspired better literature than the hapless Chicago Cubs. The oeuvre includes a little-known tale by W.P. Kinsella: ‘The Last Pennant Before Armageddon.’
The first World Series radio broadcasts were a far cry from today’s pricey television productions.
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James Walker is a Friend of The Conversation.Emeritus Professor of Communication, Saint Xavier University
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Professor of Psychology, California State University, Northridge
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