Los Angeles Dodgers

The Los Angeles Dodgers appear in How we got free agents in baseball as the source’s contemporary example in the [[SportsCompetitiveBalance|competitive-balance]] debate after [[BaseballFreeAgency|baseball free agency]]. The episode says the Dodgers had MLB’s highest payroll and won the World Series two years in a row, making them a case for owners who argue that richer teams can buy championships.

The source uses the Dodgers to contrast [[MajorLeagueBaseball|MLB]] payroll freedom with the salary-cap systems in the [[NationalFootballLeague|NFL]] and [[NationalBasketballAssociation|NBA]].

Connections

• Major League Baseball, [[NationalFootballLeague|NFL]], and [[NationalBasketballAssociation|NBA]] - league comparison context.
• Baseball Free Agency, Sports Competitive Balance, Sports Labor Revenue Sharing, and League Stakeholder Alignment - concepts illustrated by the payroll debate.