(cache) The Business Of Baseball

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The Business Of Baseball
Edited By Michael K. Ozanian and Kurt Badenhausen 04.20.06, 6:00 PM ET

Baseball owners continue to slam the ball out of the park. Team values increased an average of 15% for the second consecutive year, to $376 million, in our 2006 survey of Major League Baseball's 30 franchises. Overall operating income increased to $360 million ($12.1 million per team) from $132 million ($4.4 million per team) the previous year, as revenue increased faster than player salaries. More...

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