Andrew Zimbalist
Andrew Zimbalist
Andrew S. Zimbalistis a U.S. economist. He is the Robert A. Woods Professor of Economics at Smith College...
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My best guess is they won't strike. They know they'll hurt the game and themselves too much if they strike. I don't think they'll tip their hand right now - I'm sure they'll make it sound like they're willing to strike. But my best guess is players will fight the owners with litigation.
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You also then have to acknowledge that when the team performs poorly, it'll go in the opposite direction.
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I don't think contraction is a viable option.
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He's innovated baseball management. He's shown the way to exploit a big city market by spending heavily on players.
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The market's been soft, ... and I think that's mostly a result of the new provisions in the collective bargaining agreement.