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Brewers and Rays suggest baseball may not be broken

Original: As the Brewers and Rays are proving, maybe, just maybe, baseball isn't broken https://www. nytimes.com/athletic/7712643/

A new analysis argues that competitive balance may not be breaking baseball after all, pointing to the Milwaukee Brewers and Tampa Bay Rays as evidence that smaller-market teams can still compete. The piece pushes back on the widespread narrative that the sport's economics are doomed, asking whether concerns over parity and payroll gaps are overstated.

Why now: Ongoing debate among fans about competitive balance and payroll disparity in Major League Baseball.

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• As the Brewers and Rays are proving, maybe, just maybe, baseball isn't broken https://www. nytimes.com/athletic/7712643/2 026/10/22/as-the-brewers-and-rays-are-proving-maybe-just-maybe-baseball-isnt-broken/ Is competitive balance really breaking baseball? What if that answer is… · athletic@sportsfeed.me

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