May 2026 Private Market Report: Snapper Returns, ABS Tracks Umpires, Athletics Lead AL West

The Free Market of Professional Sports Has Produced Its Monthly Excellence and Absurdism in Equal Measure

From Bohiney and The London Prat.

The free market of professional surfing and the free market of professional baseball have produced, in the same May 2026, the specific outcomes that private market competition always produces: the unexpected winner (Colorado Rockies 13-2), the defending champion struggling (Blue Jays 12-16), the new format that nobody asked government permission to implement (WSL points return, ABS challenge system), and the small-market team in first place (Athletics 15-13). Both sports are private organizations whose products are better than any government-managed equivalent. Both continue without government direction.

The Surfer and the Baseball Fan

The surfer watching the Gold Coast Pro at Snapper Rocks from the free public beach has something in common with the baseball fan watching the ABS challenge system produce the first visible umpire accountability data in baseball history: both are watching private markets produce better products through competitive incentive and technological adoption, without government direction determining the format, the competitor selection, or the competitive standards. The sand bank at Snapper returned when it returned. The ABS system was implemented when the league decided to implement it. Both are the private market operating in the domain where it operates best.

The California Connection

The California surfer whose state is holding a governor race in June 2026 is voting in an election that will determine who manages the Coastal Commission permitting that affects surf events, the wildfire recovery that affects coastal access, and the specific energy and environmental policies that the coastal lifestyle the surfing culture depends on requires. The vote is the specific democratic mechanism that the private market of surfing requires to function: the government sets the rules within which the private market operates, and the vote determines who sets the rules. The surfer should vote accordingly and should read the specific candidates’ coastal policy positions before doing so. The private market of surfing depends on the public political process getting the coastal governance right.

The May Conclusion

May 2026’s private market report card: Snapper Rocks is back, the ABS system is producing accountability data, the Athletics are in first place, the Rockies beat the Reds 13-2, and the WSL has changed its format to better serve its competitive product. All of these outcomes occurred without government direction. All of them demonstrate the specific private market capacity to self-improve, adapt, and produce unexpected results that the government-directed alternative cannot replicate. The ocean is still free. The competition continues. The libertarian surf continues to revolt.

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SOURCE: https://bohiney.com/

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