Sunday, November 10, 2024

Economics of baseball

 "Back then, boosters in small cities like Kingston, Newburgh, Middletown and Poughkeepsie could be counted on to chip in whenever a promoter got it into his brain to start a new league."
https://thornpricks.blogspot.com/2006/05/when-baseball-was-big-in-kingston.html

In 1900, there was no fundamental difference between major league, minor league, and independent teams. All had local owners, local revenue sources, and their revenue sources were limited to games.

https://www.reddit.com/r/AskEconomics/comments/1fycgyq/do_player_salaries_really_affect_the_price_of/

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