The Call Up to the Majors A Proximity-Based Approach to the Economics of Minor League Baseball /

• Main Author: Rhoads, Thomas A. (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY : Springer New York : Imprint: Springer, 2015.
• Series: Sports Economics, Management and Policy, 7
• Subjects: Economic policy.; Development economics.; Economics.; Development Economics.; Economic Policy.

This book explores the unique relationships between professional baseball teams and the unique ways professional baseball leagues are organized in North America with a primary focus on how proximity can and does impact consumer demand. Perhaps more than any other matter that arises in the business o...

Table of Contents:

• Proximity and Minor League Baseball
• Proximity’s impact on minor league baseball attendance
• Regionalization of Affiliated Minor League Teams
• Another affiliation allocation model
• Some select proposed affiliation switches
• What does this all mean and where do we go from here?.