Monthly Archives: October 2011

The Business of Baseball

Posted on October 29, 2011 by donniccolo

Major League Baseball is a capitalistic, for-profit enterprise. One of the biggest misconceptions about Major League Baseball seems to be that teams like the Yankees, Red Sox, Phillies and Dodgers “buy their players” in an effort to win world championships. Continue reading →

Posted in Common Sense, Finance, Sports | Tagged ALCS, ALDS, american league, anaheim, angels, Baseball, Boston, Business, capitalism, Cubs, detroit, forbes, Indians, los angeles, Mets, MLB, national league, New York, NLCS, NLDS, Red Sox, san francisco giants, tigers, White Sox, world series, yankees | Leave a comment

Major League Baseball and Their Stupid 5 Game Series

Posted on October 5, 2011 by donniccolo

Major league baseball needs to seriously reevaluate their ridiculous best-of-5 playoff format in the Division Series. To lower variance and truly give determine the better team, the Division Series should be a best-of-7 series, like every other playoff series on the planet. Continue reading →

Posted in Common Sense, Sports | Tagged Baseball, MLB, playoffs, tigers, yankees | 1 Comment

Boston Red Sox Give Terry Francona The Shaft – Good Thing For Yankees Fans!

Posted on October 3, 2011 by donniccolo

Apparently the Boston Red Sox think they are the Yankees in the sense that they are supposed to compete for a World Series Championship every year. Back off, Boston, you should be worshipping the guy who brought you 2 titles in 8 years. You aren’t the Yankees and you never will be. Continue reading →

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Instead of Discriminating or Judging, Think of This

Posted on October 3, 2011 by donniccolo

“For to be free is not merely to cast off one’s chains, but to live in a way that respects and enhances the freedom of others.” Continue reading →

Posted in Common Sense, Miscellaneous, Politics, Sports, Travel | Tagged discrimination, mandela, pma, positivity | 1 Comment

Speeding… Something Done by People Who Are Bad at Math!

Posted on October 1, 2011 by donniccolo

Speeding in your vehicle is a terribly illogical mathematical decision, and it unnecessarily puts your life and the lives of others at risk. SLOW DOWN!

Here’s an easy way to see exactly how widespread the problem is.

Get in your car.

Get on the highway.

Set your cruise control to the exact speed limit.

Observe how many vehicles are passing you. (On a side note, you’ll probably also observe a lot of people who are visibly upset that you are not driving fast enough!)

What you’ll find is that NEARLY EVERY CAR ON THE HIGHWAY IS PASSING YOU AKA SPEEDING!
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