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The 2008 Major League Baseball season began on March 25, 2008, in Tokyo, Japan with the 2007 World Series champion Boston Red Sox defeating the Oakland Athletics at the Tokyo Dome 6–5 (in 10 innings) in the first game of a two-game series, [1] [2] and ended on September 30 with the host Chicago White Sox defeating the Minnesota Twins in a one-game playoff to win the AL Central.
This is a list of professional sports leagues by revenue. Individual sports are not included. The "Season" column refers to the sports league season for which financial data is available and referenced, which is usually not the most recently completed season of competition. Revenue is listed in millions of euros. The "Tier Level" column refers ...
The official ground of the New York Yankees, the most valuable MLB team as of the 2023 MLB season. Forbes compiles the finances of all 30 MLB teams to produce an annual ranking of the best franchises in terms of valuation. The valuations are composed of the monetary worth of the sport, market, stadium deals, and brand. [1]
September 24 – Mickey Vernon, 90, seven-time All-Star first baseman and two-time AL batting champion with the 1901–1960 Washington Senators who set several fielding records during a four-decade, 20-year (1939–1943; 1946–1960) career with five MLB teams; first manager of the "expansion" Senators (now the Texas Rangers) from 1961 to May 1963
With the 2002 CBA, the MLB introduced revenue sharing in an attempt to further level the playing field. Each team sends in 31% of their local net revenues into a putative pool. Local net revenue is described as gross revenue from ticket sales, concessions, etc. minus central revenue from television and radio deals minus actual stadium expenses.
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Principal owner: John W. Henry Net worth: $2.6 billion (2020) Purchase price: $380 million (2002) Current franchise valuation: $3.4 billion Value appreciation: 796% Annualized appreciation: 11.6% ...
The numbers speak for themselves: A $384.7 million payroll for the upcoming season, plus approximately $111 million in luxury tax fees. And a ridiculous $806.1 million committed in one offseason.