Minor-league

As Sam Mellinger of the Kansas City Star reported, Minor-league teams struggled to get new uniforms or screens for batting practice.

Bad Sports Dave Zirin 2010

As Sam Mellinger of the Kansas City Star reported, Minor-league teams struggled to get new uniforms or screens for batting practice.

Bad Sports Dave Zirin 2010

Minor-league callup Keith Aucoin kept up his bid for a spot on the playoff roster with his second goal in two games.

USATODAY.com 2008

Minor-league manager for Arizona from 2004-06; third-base coach for Arizona from 2007-09 and for the Mets in 2010.

And Then There Were Four: Mets Shave Managerial List Brian Costa 2010

As Sam Mellinger of the Kansas City Star reported, Minor-league teams struggled to get new uniforms or screens for batting practice.

Bad Sports Dave Zirin 2010

As Sam Mellinger of the Kansas City Star reported, Minor-league teams struggled to get new uniforms or screens for batting practice.

Bad Sports Dave Zirin 2010

Minor-league baseball has become a booming business, with a host of municipalities battling one another to foot the bill for luxurious stadiums and give teams generous leases that allow owners to keep most of the revenue.

Omaha Divided Over Plan 2008

(Minor-league baseball has recently embraced big-city outliers: Kane County outside Chicago, and Brooklyn and Staten Island.) "Everything about minor-league baseball is great -- except for the name," says Peter Guber, chairman of Mandalay Entertainment Group (which is unrelated to the Mandalay Bay Casino in Las Vegas).

NOT JUST PEANUTS 2007

Minor-league baseball, in terms of revenue, is now a remarkable half-billion-dollar industry (chart, page E13).

NOT JUST PEANUTS 2007

Minor-league baseball's recent boom in stadium construction -- 30 new parks in the past five years -- is being driven by a new business strategy that's removing the "farm" from farm teams.

BASEBALL: MOVING IN ON THE MAJORS 2007