Archive - The Precedent

Why baseball and hockey might be one bad decade away from soccer's problem

Baseball's salary cap fight isn't just about money. It's about whether the sport learned anything the last time it went to war with itself.

Jul 2 • Bob Sloop

June 2026

The Game That Couldn't Find a Home

How a displaced basketball game reveals forty years of consequences nobody planned for

Jun 18 • Bob Sloop

The Last Time Baseball Looked Like This, They Changed the Rules

Batting averages are at their lowest since 1968. History tells us what usually comes next.

Jun 4 • Bob Sloop

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