Effectively Wild Episode 1810: The Biggest Bargaining Misconceptions

Ben Lindbergh, Meg Rowley, and Joe Sheehan of the Joe Sheehan Baseball Newsletter discuss MLB’s approach to promoting sports betting and concerns about the integrity of games, then go over some of the most common misconceptions and flawed arguments about MLB labor relations, economics, and competitive balance (plus a postscript about listener nominations for potential MLB multisport players). Audio intro : Buffalo Springfield, “ Everybody’s Wrong ” Audio outro : The Resonars, “ The World is Wrong ” Link to Joe’s newsletter Link to piece about betting promotion Link to episode with Bradford and Meredith Link to Bradford’s baseballs report Link to tennis match-fixing wiki Link to Rob Mains on owner incentives Link to Rob on market size Link to Craig Goldstein on labor language Link to Travis Sawchik on player pay Link to 1998 study on ticket prices and payrolls Link to 2003 study on ticket prices and payrolls Link to 2006 column on ticket prices and payrolls Link to 2019 study on contracts and payrolls Link to thread on competitive balance Link to Evan Drellich on MLB’s counterproposal Link to Michael Baumann on Manfred Link to Ben on Lords of the Realm Link to story about the Mets’ “Five Aces” Link to multisport players draft Link to Josh Harrison pickle story iTunes Feed (Please rate and review us!) Sponsor Us on Patreon Facebook Group Effectively Wild Wiki Twitter Account Get Our Merch! Email Us: podcast@fangraphs.com var SERVER_DATA = Object.assign(SERVER_DATA || {}); Source