A Saber-Slanted Baseball Community

Yes, it's significant that profits have stabilized at 9% league-wide. What's even more significant is that the profit is widely distributed. As profits spiked, so did the number of profitable teams.

Unlike the NFL, the possibility of a lockout looming large despite skyrocketing revenues and fan interest, the prospect of a 1994-style labor stoppage is almost unthinkable in baseball today.