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Believe It or Not, Baseball Offers Frugal Lessons

Sport re-evaluates its pay structure

By Nick McMaster, Newser Staff

Posted Mar 11, 2009 8:38 PM CDT

(Newser) – Looking at baseball, you’d think the country wasn’t in a recession—clubs are charging exorbitant ticket prices and shelling out tens of millions of dollars on top free agents. Will the bubble ever collapse? Probably not, writes Nate Silver for Esquire. MLB is,... Read full story »

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