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8. Who Stole All the Runs in Major League Baseball?

Freakonomics Radio
Freakonomics Radio
Episode • Oct 7, 2010 • 14m

It was a pretty good baseball season -- especially if you're a fan of the Yankees, Rays, Twins, Rangers, Reds, Braves, Phillies, or Giants, all of whom made the playoffs. But the post-season just opened with a telling event, a no-hitter pitched by the Phillies' Roy Halladay, which shows what's been missing all season: runs.