Major League Baseball Umpires Are Racist, Says Economist
The highest paid player in baseball has the last name "Rodriguez" and 3 of the top 10 highest paid players in major league baseball are black - but major league umpires are racist, argues Johan Sulaeman, a financial economist at Southern Methodist University.They looked at 3.5 million pitches from 2004 to 2008 found that minority pitchers are so convinced white MLB umpires call strikes more...
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