Monthly Archives: March 2009

Classic Baseball Upset ?

Posted on March 12, 2009 by Jorge Costales

The Netherlands win over the Dominican Republic on Tuesday in the World Baseball Classic was the biggest upset since …. the Netherlands beat the Dominicans last Saturday. The latest win was obviously more dramatic since it was an elimination game, … Continue reading →

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>The Bigger the Prevarication …

Posted on March 12, 2009 by Jorge Costales

>I know, the word lie works better than prevarication. But lie sounds like you are trying to insult someone, and I’m just trying to highlight a real prevarication. The Big Lie is an often quoted or referenced propaganda technique. It … Continue reading →

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The Law of Unintended Consequences

Posted on March 11, 2009 by Jorge Costales

From the Freakonomics blog, comes an example of how a law designed to prevent discrimination will actually encourage discrimination. This example deals with the Americans With Disabilities Act: A Los Angeles orthopedic surgeon named Andrew Brooks. When a deaf patient … Continue reading →

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I Vote for Player of the Year

Posted on March 10, 2009 by Jorge Costales

As an award. As fans, how and when did the MVP [in the grand tradition of other inferior winners, i.e. Windows & VHS] supplant Player of the Year [let’s have a big hand for those lovable losers, POY, Apple [operating … Continue reading →

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>Is the Center Breaking?

Posted on March 10, 2009 by Jorge Costales

>Robert Samuelson is a syndicated economic columnist, whose work is featured in Newsweek. He is not a partisan–see a list of his recent columns here. There may be some wishful thinking on my part, but I believe that the center … Continue reading →

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Sports Marketing and it’s PC Problem

Posted on March 9, 2009 by Jorge Costales

There is a very interesting post over at the Biz of Baseball about how sports marketing expenditures from companies which received government bail-out money are coming under attack and how they are attempting, or not, to respond. To me something … Continue reading →

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Geeky But Still Funny

Posted on March 8, 2009 by Jorge Costales
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Norman Braman: Profile in Slippage?

Posted on March 7, 2009 by Jorge Costales

You might say that Norman Braman is a ‘Regalado-r‘ of his money, but only if you have the following in your background: Rudimentary Spanish language skills. Familiar with Miami and the new stadium politics. Familiar with Bernard Madoff. Have a … Continue reading →

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Yankee Stadium vs Marlins Stadium

Posted on March 6, 2009 by Jorge Costales

The most comprehensive coverage of stadium financing that has appeared in the Miami Herald was on Feb 11th–the Herald links expire, so I copied the article at the end of this post–and it was a good example of the power … Continue reading →

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David Brooks’ Moderate Manifesto

Posted on March 5, 2009 by Jorge Costales

David Brooks believes that what Obama has done in power is more indicative of his beliefs than what he said to get that power. Specifically, he sees: … a party swept up in its own revolutionary fervor — caught up … Continue reading →

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