Whenever Major League Baseball and the players square off in labor battles, the owners attempt to claim that owning a baseball team is not a lucrative endeavor. They cry poor and claim that they’re losing money and argue that if the players do not make financial concessions that baseball simply cannot continue.It’s generally baloney.As we’ve argued so many times over the years, baseball finances are notoriously opaque and ownership claims that they are losing money are rarely if ever documented. What we do know, however, is that baseball revenue has gone up dramatically, year over year, for...…Whenever Major League Baseball and the players square off in labor battles, the owners attempt to claim that owning a baseball team is not a lucrative endeavor. They cry poor and claim that they’re losing money and argue that if the players do not make financial concessions that baseball simply cannot continue.It’s generally baloney.As we’ve argued so many times over the years, baseball finances are notoriously opaque and ownership claims that they are losing money are rarely if ever documented. What we do know, however, is that baseball revenue has gone up dramatically, year over year, for...WW…

If a game is rained out you get a rain check, you don’t get your money back. If a game is simply cancelled — taken off the schedule entirely — you get a refund. In related news, Major League Baseball is currently treating games that haven’t been played due to the COVID-19 pandemic as “postponements” rather than “cancellations.” Because of that, teams have been allowed teams to keep the proceeds from ticket sale.And that just got two teams sued. It could, potentially, be a class action.Two fans — Matthew Ajzenman, bought a partial season plan for more than 20 Mets games and Susan...…If a game is rained out you get a rain check, you don’t get your money back. If a game is simply cancelled — taken off the schedule entirely — you get a refund. In related news, Major League Baseball is currently treating games that haven’t been played due to the COVID-19 pandemic as “postponements” rather than “cancellations.” Because of that, teams have been allowed teams to keep the proceeds from ticket sale.And that just got two teams sued. It could, potentially, be a class action.Two fans — Matthew Ajzenman, bought a partial season plan for more than 20 Mets games and Susan...WW…