Example sentences for: mlb

How can you use “mlb” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • One reason for the high value of MLB teams is the prospect of new, publicly financed ballparks . Owners in Baltimore, Cleveland, Chicago, Denver, and Texas have all reaped major profits from these new facilities, built at little or no cost to the teams.

  • MLB hasn't promoted itself as successfully as pro football and pro basketball (it collects about half as much from the sale of hats, shirts, and other paraphernalia as does either the NBA or NFL), but baseball has aggressively expanded into new markets.

  • Although attendance was damaged by the strike-shortened seasons of 1994 and 1995, attendance is now approaching pre-strike levels . Overall attendance is strong: MLB attracted 60 million fans in 1996 with 28 teams, compared to 24.

  • Even so, big-market teams like the Orioles, Braves, and Yankees stay in contention by purchasing free agents, so two years ago MLB assuaged complaints about the rich/poor gap with a moderate revenue-sharing scheme.

  • Is MLB in decline or, as some claim, in the midst of a golden era?


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