Minor League Baseball: Boom or Bust to Communities?

Minor League Baseball: Boom or Bust to Communities?
Despite the occasional disappointment, minor league baseball provides many
communities with economic development and an improved quality of life. Communities as
small as Elizabethtown, Tennessee or as large as Phoenix, Arizona have shared the
common bond of being the homes of major league farm teams. This is referred to as the
National Association of Professional Baseball, or more commonly known as the "minor
leagues." As the popularity of major league baseball seems to be decreasing due to the
recent player strike, free agency, and an…