Major League Baseball
also referred to as: mlb
5 statements across 3 episodes · 2 bullish · 1 bearish · 2 people on the record · first statement Jul 25, 2023 by Ben Gilbert · said 52 times in 8 episodes since 2021 · across every show →
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2026 21 mentions in 4 episodes 5 per episode
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2025 28 mentions in 2 episodes 14 per episode
2023 1 mention in 1 episode
2021 2 mentions in 1 episode
Everything said about Major League Baseball, oldest first
Jul 25, 2023 neutral
Mar 24, 2025 bullish
US Sports Franchises Returned 13% Annualized from 1961 to 2024
“The big four sports leagues in the US, the MLB, NFL, NBA, and NHL, have outperformed the stock market meaningfully, and over a period of 1961 to twenty-twenty-four, it's 13% annualized versus 10% annualized. And I know it doesn't sound like a lot when I bill i…”
Mar 24, 2025 negative
Jan 27, 2026 positive
Rosenthal: Early NFL counter-positioned MLB by embracing television over gate revenue
“During the dawn of the TV era, I think they were counter positioned against major league baseball in that while decline in revenue from the gate by adding TV certainly was a hit to them. It wasn't as much of an existential hit in the way it was for major leagu…”