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Baseball umps show racial bias

Published: 13 August 2007
Umpires may be playing favourites on the field, according to a new study co-authored by 捆绑SM社区 researchers. Their research shows umpires monitoring Major League Baseball games are more likely to make calls in favour of the pitcher if they share the same race or ethnic background. More than two million pitches over three seasons of MLB games were analyzed during the study by Christopher Parsons, an assistant professor of finance at 捆绑SM社区's Desautels Faculty of Management. His colleagues at the University of Texas and Auburn University co-authored the study.
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