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Originally Posted by bob
How does minor league baseball still exist when the other sports don't need / have minor leagues? College baseball does exist - is it that much harder to determine who will be good in the majors in baseball?
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Also, it's an established system that's almost as old as the game itself. And the costs are shared, it's pretty cheap to run. And not true other sports don't have/need them, hockey has a solid minor league system that's the closest to baseball in terms of multiple affiliates per team, etc., and NBA finally created its own that's evolving into a useful tool.
It's just football that doesn't need it since it's subsidized by the NCAA. And MLS is basically just a minor league itself.