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Exhibits: East Coast bias doesn't exist

By Jeff Merron
Page 2 staff

Monday, August 25, 2003

"I don't believe ... what I just saw!" Have you ever heard a home run call repeated more than that one? What's it about? Kirk Gibson (Los Angeles) hitting a heroic homer off Dennis Eckersley (Oakland). It's one classic moment. And it's just one of many examples that clearly exhibit that so-called "East Coast bias" is nothing more than a very outdated notion from the very old days. Information is free, the audience is everywhere, fans are displaced all over the country, and everybody travels ev ...

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