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3. Regionalization of Affiliated Minor League Teams

verfasst von : Thomas A. Rhoads

Erschienen in: The Call Up to the Majors

Verlag: Springer New York

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Here I examine the economics of the locational choices present in affiliated minor league baseball. Major League Baseball’s antitrust exemption allows them to make and maintain beneficial affiliations with minor league baseball teams. Focus is sharpened on the importance of player development and affiliation decisions of Major League Baseball teams at the different levels of minor league baseball are assumed to be driven in part by proximity matters. Recent affiliation changes suggest that Major League Baseball teams may be pursuing an affiliation strategy expected to minimize player development costs that come from travel costs induced by minor league affiliations.

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Vorheriges Kapitel Proximity’s Impact on Minor League Baseball Attendance

Nächstes Kapitel Another Affiliation Allocation Model

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Titel: Regionalization of Affiliated Minor League Teams
verfasst von: Thomas A. Rhoads
Verlag: Springer New York
Buch: The Call Up to the Majors
Print ISBN: 978-1-4614-8923-8

Electronic ISBN: 978-1-4614-8924-5

Copyright-Jahr: 2015
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-8924-5_3

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