A Decade Of Growth: Examining MLB Player Payroll

Late Monday, data was released by MLB that showed a total of $2.91 billion was spent on final player payroll for the 2009, an increase of 1.2 percent from the year prior when $2.87 billion was doled out. It was a slowing of growth – the chilly economy taking a chunk out of spending. But, how has spending on player payroll been over a longer period.

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