Doug Pappas

Doug Pappas
Doug Pappaswas a baseball writer and researcher who was considered the foremost expert on the business of baseball...
dave huge last million problem tigers took worth year
(Former Tigers pitcher) Dave Mlicki made $6.2 million last year. This year he's making $750,000. Good. The problem isn't that he took a huge cut. The problem is he was never worth $6 million.
issue leading link months paper reviewed suggesting word
I reviewed every issue of the World for the months leading up to the 1903 and 1905 World's Championship Series. There's not a word suggesting any link between the paper and the series.
bunch start suspicious teams wise
I start getting suspicious when a whole bunch of teams wise up all at once.
boston competing draft farm players start talent
If Boston and Oakland start competing to draft players no one else wants, each will get half. As long as the A's keep churning out talent from the draft and the farm system, they'll be fine.