Yawning Disparity in MLB Getting Tiresome

Posted: 21st October 2009 by David stephen in MLB
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Has it really been 15 years since the baseball work stoppage to end all baseball work stoppages caused the cancellation of the 1994 World Series and threatened the sport's reverential status as the national pastime?

The reason I ask that question is that we're in the midst of another postseason in which the chasm between the small-revenue and big-revenue teams is very much on display.

The New York Yankees and Philadelphia Phillies, who appear destined to face each other in the World Series next week, represent the hugely populated Northeast corridor that generates more media-related revenue than any other section of the country. The Los Angeles Dodgers and Los Angeles Angels, the other two teams still in the postseason mix, thrive economically in the only other region wit ...

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