Exhibits: East Coast bias doesn't exist By Jeff Merron Page 2
staff  "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"East Coast bias" is nothing more than a very outdated notion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 everywhere.  Hide the women and children, it's
a Civil War -- East vs. West style.  Page 2 let the West
Coasters fire the first shot as Brian Murphy explained what the
Left Coasters think of their East Coast counterparts.  Nothing
gets the West more worked up than the notion of East Coast Bias.
Do they have a legititimate beef? Eric Neel went in search of
East Coast Bias. Meanwhile, David Schoenfield lists 10 case
studies that prove a bias does exist, wh