ESPN Ombudsman has charts for those curious about east coast baseball bias

Here are charts cited.

• Also from her report, 8/15/08: "In 2005, ESPN signed a reported $2.4 billion contract for an MLB rights package, extending through 2013. The price tag insured that the top priority in selecting games for telecast would be ratings...

Ratings matter most on Sunday, because ESPN pays a higher rights premium for Sunday games than those on Monday or Wednesday nights....

• To my mind, if there is collusion at ESPN across platforms and programs,

• it is in the creation, maintenance and promotion of superstars with the potential

• for crossover appeal among diehard and casual fans and followers

• of popular culture.

The most egregious recent example of this phenomenon comes, of course, not from baseball but from football. And that brings me full circle."...

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