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Originally Posted by Fallschirmjager
To post something on topic. This is the best idea in this thread for how to model the current state of the economy.
However I would venture to say that the state of the economy has not had a impact on baseball as of yet and it will be some months before data comes in suggesting that it will even have a effect at all.
We have been in a recession for going on 12-18 months now (depending on the source and definition of a recession) and MLB in 2008 postings either its #1 or #2 most revenue in it's history. $6.6 billion
Now that the general public knows that we are in a recession might impact baseball.
But we will have to wait and see.
But to go back to my original point, Raidergoo has the best ideas in this thread
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Oh I think the recession has absolutely had an impact on Baseball,how else could you account for the abundance of quality free agents still available just 10 days from pitchers and catchers except for owner trepidation due to fear of poor gate and merchandise reciepts.There's no way players like Ramirez,Ken Griffey,Bobby Abreu,Orlando Cabrera,and their ilk would be available in past years.