Baseball Musings
Baseball Musings
February 22, 2003
Baseball Economics:

A nice summary article on a conference on baseball economics Bobby Ross of the AP is at OnlineAthens. Alderson points out that bad outside investments are hurting some owners:


Sandy Alderson, executive vice president for baseball operations in the commissioner's office, cited ''lousy investments'' by Texas Rangers owner Tom Hicks and the difficulty of AOL Time Warner Inc., the parent of the Atlanta Braves.

''I can tell you Tom Hicks is probably a lot more conservative than when he signed Alex Rodriguez,'' Alderson said Friday at a conference on baseball economics. ''Part of that is the recent history of the Rangers, given their success or failure on the field. But also a part is perhaps lousy investments in telecommunications. His investments have suffered dramatically.''


Posted by David Pinto at 11:13 AM | Baseball