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Major League Baseball
What does minor league baseball's canceled season mean for teams and the towns that host them?
by
Andy Uhler
and Rose Conlon
Jul 6, 2020
Hannah Keyser of Yahoo! Sports says more than half of minor league teams could go under.
Major League Baseball's business is peanuts, Cracker Jack and TV sponsorship deals
by
Andy Uhler
Jul 17, 2018
Teams aren’t as worried about declining ticket sales because their fortunes aren’t as directly tied to the gate anymore, one analyst says.
Fewer people are taking their families out to the ballgame this year
by
Andy Uhler
Jul 16, 2018
Watching the game on TV has made it a lot easier to stay home.
The team is hot, but Yankee ticket sales are not
by
Ryan Kailath
Jun 15, 2017
Fewer people are saying 'take me out to the ballpark.' At least, the ballpark in the Bronx.
If MLB and Facebook team up, the home run would be ad dollars
by
Andy Uhler
Feb 22, 2017
Reuters reports that Facebook is in talks to stream Major League Baseball games. That would make the MLB the latest professional sports league to seek a social media audience. But what’s in it for Facebook? Well, potential advertising dollars. Since Facebook can track who’s watching and what they’re doing while they watch, it can offer […]
Disney looking to play the digital game as ESPN’s cable subscriptions decline
Feb 7, 2017
Disney doesn’t appear to have plans in place for its future leadership yet, so there’s speculation that CEO Robert Iger may need to stick around beyond 2018 — the latest date he said he’d step down. The company has had trouble finding a replacement as the landscape of cable TV continues to change and cord […]