In the Best Interests of Baseball?

August 28, 2010 by Ted Leavengood · Leave a Comment

What exactly does the leaking of financial information about six teams by Deadspin.com seek to change at the end of the day? Â In 2006–in the name of competitive balance–Major League Baseball, Inc. set in place a system to share revenues from the richest teams–those whose markets will always remain demographically enhanced–with the poorest ones. Â Upsetting […]

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It Could Have Been So Much Worse

April 23, 2010 by Ted Leavengood · Leave a Comment

Joe Posnanski wrote this week about the release of full economic data on the business of baseball by Forbes Magazine. Â I can barely balance a check book and maybe gate receipts, market valuations and operatingÂ revenues confuse me more than I know, but they look to be telling a fascinating story. Â It’s about how major league […]

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