Who owns baseball statistics?

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MLB says they do:

http://www.newsday.com/business/ny-bzball0322,0,1688730.story?coll=ny-homepage-bigpix2005

― Steve Shasta (Steve Shasta), Thursday, 23 March 2006 23:19 (twenty years ago)

What a completely douchebagtastic thing to do.

― Thermo Thinwall (Thermo Thinwall), Thursday, 23 March 2006 23:40 (twenty years ago)

Telscher said, "The only offer ever made to our company was that we turn over all of our customers to MLB for a 10-percent commission and then we would be out of the business, which was not an offer at all."

Sounds like MLB style all right.

― Tracer Hand (tracerhand), Thursday, 23 March 2006 23:44 (twenty years ago)

Lame.

― Alex in SF (Alex in SF), Friday, 24 March 2006 00:54 (twenty years ago)

But Major League Baseball says it wants to improve the game, not limit choices. "The fantasy licenses that we have granted this year are in the best interests of the fans and fantasy baseball players around the world," said Jim Gallagher, spokesman for Major League Baseball's Internet unit.

hahaha

http://www.yo-yo.com/spintop_section/images/tops_imperial_top.gif

― NoTimeBeforeTime (Barry Bruner), Friday, 24 March 2006 01:28 (twenty years ago)

http://images.amazon.com/images/P/0767908481.01.LZZZZZZZ.jpg

― NoTimeBeforeTime (Barry Bruner), Friday, 24 March 2006 01:29 (twenty years ago)

Aren't fantasy leagues illegal in Florida (?) as of about 15 years ago? But that was a gambling-related issue, right? And MLB had nothing to do with it.

― NoTimeBeforeTime (Barry Bruner), Friday, 24 March 2006 01:30 (twenty years ago)

Didn't they try this shit last year? TQStats (the service we use locally) had to sue to stop them or something.

― Erick Dampier is better than Shaq (miloaukerman), Friday, 24 March 2006 04:19 (twenty years ago)

Yeah, it boils down to whether the events of a game are "news" or "entertainment." As if anyone can tell the difference anymore.

― Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Friday, 24 March 2006 14:32 (twenty years ago)

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