Professional Sports and the Economy

Published December 10, 2008 at 5:00 AM PST

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Tim Dahlberg, sports columnist, AP

... on the deals going down at Major League Baseball's annual winter meetings, which were held Monday and Tuesday at Bellagio.

Links

Boston Herald: Dahlberg: Sports beginning to feel economic pains, too

LA Times: More boom or recession for baseball?

Major League Baseball

NBC Sports: Dahlberg: De La Hoya goes for the tough sell in bad economy

NY Times: Baseball Executives Face the Odds

"If You Can't Make a Hit At the Ballgame, You Can't Make a Hit With Me" by National Past-time Orchestra ("Baseball: A Film By Ken Burns - Original Soundtrack Recording")

"Take Me Out To The Ballgame" by King Curtis ("Baseball: A Film By Ken Burns - Original Soundtrack Recording")