If you’ve ever taken a sports economics class, or possibly just read a sports economics book, you’ve probably heard this theory: if Congress ever explicitly revoked MLB’s anti-trust...

Last Friday, Dave Cameron explained how FanGraphs’ value-to-dollar system works. It essentially finds the going rate, per projected win, of the past few free agent markets. This is then used to...

Rob Neyer wrote a piece yesterday that pointed out how differently certain systems value Raul Ibanez’s next three seasons. MGL and J.C. Bradbury both responded in the comments, as each of their...

NASCAR is in serious trouble. According to the NYT, the sport pulled in $3 billion in revenue this year, half of which came from sponsorship deals. As you would expect, with advertising budgets...

This New York Times article has been getting a lot of attention. The gist: A review of baseball’s transaction history since 2001 showed that the only period featuring fewer signings in the first...

Here’s what we know: Ratings are up across the board. MLB, NFL, college football — everything is up. Attendance is down. Especially in MLB and the NFL. Fragmenting trends continue. More people are watching videos online, on their phones, etc. And...

A look at how the uncertainty in the economy will impact this winter’s free agent market. Feedback? Write a comment, or e-mail the author at shawn(AT)squawkingbaseball.com

First off, ignore all the the articles you’re reading today saying that Fred Wilpon actually made money from their relationship with Bernie Madoff. Technically, he did — records show that the family deposited a total of $523 million, and withdrew $571....

Breaking stories — or “scooping” your competition — used to be the entire news business. Back in the day, there were several daily newspapers in every big city, and people had to actually pay for the ones they wanted to read. The papers also had...