How can you condemn cheating in a game where the players are expected to "steal" bases? David Jacobson has done a remarkable job in researching and writing this week's business of baseball feature package, talking about salaries, the revenue sharing model and the MLB's legally sanctioned monopoly...
Forget the notion of baseball as America’s Pastime — it’s also one of America’s savviest businesses. From its origins amid scandal to its modern-day experiments in online media and revenue sharing, here’s how the business of Major League Baseball evolved. Organizational Structure After the 1919...
Baseball has found increasingly inventive ways to ramp up revenue — from actually reducing the number of seats in stadiums to selling streaming video of baseball games online — hitting record highs for five consecutive years. ...
MLB’s basic labor structure, in place for more than 30 years now, keeps players from charging the full amount their skills would draw on the open market for at least six years, allowing savvy teams to get young talent on the cheap. ...
MLB’s revenue-sharing program prevents large-market teams, like the Yankees and Red Sox, from dominating the league every year. Here's how the program affects revenues, payroll, and the competitive balance of baseball. Identifying the Imbalance In 1999, a “blue ribbon” panel...