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Major League Baseball Commissioner Bud Selig recently stated that his sport should be considered the role model for competitive balance to other professional sports. The following paper seeks to reveal the truth about the state of competitive balance in baseball by analyzing the past thirty years. Through examining regular season wins, games behind, and average divisional standing, it will be demonstrated that competitive balance has not improved significantly.
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- There's Always Next Year, Isn't There? The Illusion of Competitive Balance in Major League Baseball
Contributors
- Chacon, Michael Jeremy (Author)
- Simpson, Brooks (Thesis director)
- Herrera, Richard (Committee member)
- Roberto, Anthony (Committee member)
- Barrett, The Honors College (Contributor)
- School of Politics and Global Studies (Contributor)
- Hugh Downs School of Human Communication (Contributor)
- School of Historical, Philosophical and Religious Studies (Contributor)
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2013-05
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