A Mariners-Astros rivalry is the best thing for baseball today

We hate them, but we also might need them Gavin Kilduff, a professor at NYU’s Stern School of Business, argues that a true rivalry has three main components: it comes from competitors who are similar, evenly matched, and face off repeatedly. According to Kilduff, where those elements of a true rivalry are present, a sporting event rises above the level…