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Old 09-01-2011, 01:46 PM   #97
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Originally Posted by thbroman View Post
I think you're saying that there is no definitive relationship between the city named as team's home and some intrinsic revenue-generating factor, right? New York will always be a larger base market city for a team than St. Louis - something like that.
Yes, that's what I meant. And it's a pretty important thing because that's how it works in real life. There isn't a major league team in Topeka because it simply isn't large enough to generate enough revenue to cover the expenses at the major league level.

That disconnect between city size and its ability to support a ball club has been a shortcoming in my opinion.
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