The call up to the majors [electronic resource] : a systematic approach to the economics of minor league baseball / Thomas A. Rhoads.
2015
GV880
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Title
The call up to the majors [electronic resource] : a systematic approach to the economics of minor league baseball / Thomas A. Rhoads.
Author
Rhoads, Thomas A., author.
ISBN
9781461489245 electronic book
1461489245 electronic book
9781461489238
1461489245 electronic book
9781461489238
Published
New York : Springer, [2015]
Language
English
Description
1 online resource : color maps.
Item Number
10.1007/978-1-4614-8924-5 doi
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GV880
Dewey Decimal Classification
796.357/640973
Summary
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 of baseball, proximity to other professional baseball teams is a concern that has uniquely shaped professional baseball leagues in North America. It is this particular component in how professional baseball leagues are organized that suggests building a proximity-based approach to studying the economics of minor league baseball. This book opens up new ways to study minor league baseball, specifically, and sports leagues more generally. So even as advanced technology has eliminated some of the need for fans to be in close proximity to the teams they love to follow, there is still a need to understand more completely how proximity matters can impact the way professional baseball leagues are structured and how that structure can ultimately impact the quality of the games that entertain sports fans everywhere. This book will be of interest to both sports economists and practitioners.
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Includes bbliographical references and index.
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Sports economics. management. and policy.
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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?.
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?.