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A former farm team of the Colorado Rockies has renamed itself, simultaneously showing support for a threatened species and offering reparations, of sorts, for a tweet…
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MLB Helmet Stickers Annoy Fans as Strauss Makes U.S. Debut
Playoff baseball riles up fan bases from coast to coast with questionable strike zones and infuriating manager decisions. Yet nothing has brought out the anger quite…
Ackman’s Pershing Reports 38% Stake in Oakland A’s Las Vegas Team
Billionaire fund manager Bill Ackman reported Thursday that his company, Pershing Square Capital Management, has a 38% equity stake in Seaport Entertainment, owner of…
Gerrit Cole’s Rehab Stint Creates Ticket Sale Frenzy for Somerset
BRIDGEWATER, N.J. — The Somerset Patriots, the New York Yankees Double-A affiliate, announced midgame on Sunday, June 2, that MLB pitching ace Gerrit Cole would be…
Finlete Offers ‘PG Version of OnlyFans’ as Pro Investing Grows
Rob Connolly’s first athlete-related start-up was Meetlete, a sports-star version of Cameo. Getting a star athlete on a video call for a reasonable fee was an easy sell…
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New Sports Investment Thinking Boosts Baseball, Retail in Midwest
Today’s guest columnist is Joshua Schaub, commissioner of the American Association of Professional Baseball, an MLB Partner League. In the evolution of sports…
MiLB Players Argue Curt Flood Act, Antitrust Laws Are Unconstitutional
A new court filing tells a federal appeals court the Curt Flood Act of 1998, as well as Sections 1 and 2 of the Sherman Act as applied to minor league baseball, violate…
MLB Antitrust Win Upheld as Minor Leagues Hold Out for SCOTUS
On Tuesday, a three-judge panel on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit in New York affirmed a federal district judge’s ruling that dismissed an antitrust…
Yankees LP Faces $54 Million Lawsuit Over MiLB Reorganization
When MLB reorganized minor league baseball in 2021, 43 teams lost their big-league affiliations. Some folded; others, such as the Salem-Keizer Volcanoes, continue to…
Minor League Baseball Teams Considered Ripe for Investor Revamp
When the Vancouver Canadians were sold at the start of this month, they became the 17th team in Silver Lake’s minor league baseball conglomerate, Diamond Baseball…
MLB’s Minor League CBA Deal May Cool Antitrust Political Heat
Minor league baseball players are on the verge of securing higher pay and improved workplace rights as MLBPA and MLB have reached an agreement on the first CBA for minor…
Silver Lake Buying Endeavor’s Minor League Baseball Teams
Silver Lake is buying Endeavor’s recently assembled clutch of minor league baseball teams, according to a regulatory filing Tuesday. The private equity giant will pay…
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