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Deck stacked in Yankees' favor
The question isn't new, but the Yankees' win over the Phillies in the just-concluded World Series again has thrown it into stark relief: is the MLB deck stacked in New York's favor?
Naysayers would accurately point out that eight different teams have taken baseball's ultimate prize in the 10 years we've been in the two-thousand-oughts (see table). But they would be missing the larger point, as only a handful of teams are repeat contenders: the Yankees (four times), and the Red Sox, Cardinals, and Phillies (twice each). The rest - representing fully half of the decade's 20 competitors - are one-time wonders.
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Steve Weissman has been on WATD radio for many years, authored the acclaimed
"Beach Chairs and Baseball Bats: A Celebration of the Cape Cod Baseball
League," is a regular columnist/blogger on The Boston Examiner, and advises professional and Cape League teams about their
marketing strategy.
Steve says, "There's little question that baseball has
deeply entrenched itself in the American collective psyche", and he will write about it here. Email your take on his takes.
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