Mississippi Business Journal » Southern League http://msbusiness.com Mississippi Business Journal Fri, 24 May 2013 20:36:00 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 MBJ Editorial: Idea for new minor league team not a good one http://msbusiness.com/blog/2011/09/15/idea-for-new-minor-league-team-not-so-good/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=idea-for-new-minor-league-team-not-so-good http://msbusiness.com/blog/2011/09/15/idea-for-new-minor-league-team-not-so-good/#comments Thu, 15 Sep 2011 21:19:56 +0000 MBJ Staff http://msbusiness.com/?p=46099 There was a time that minor league sports, baseball in particular, was at the heart of the American dream. Watch “Field of Dreams” and you will know everything you need to know. However, these days, non-affiliated minor league sports do not work. They don’t work in Mississippi, ever. To think there is a group of [...]

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