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Essay Archive - Minor League Baseball: Boom or Bust to Communities?
Minor League Baseball: Boom or Bust to Communities?
Despite the occasional disappointment, minor league baseball provides
many communities with economic development and an improved quality of life.
Communities as small as Elizabethtown, Tennessee or as large as Phoenix, Arizona
have shared the common bond of being the homes of major league farm teams. This
is referred to as the National Association of Professional Baseball, or more
commonly known as the “minor leagues.” As the popularity of major league
baseball seems to be decreasing due to the recent player strike, free agency,
and anti-trust l....
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