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Maybe Bud Selig should visit Brooklyn. In the very borough that baseball abandoned during the Eisenhower Administration, Major League Baseball's commissioner would be treated to a nostalgic version of the national pastime. He would see 200 kids lining up early outside a ball park for a $5 bleacher seat despite the hot, sticky Coney Island weather. If he traveled to Memphis, Tenn., he would see families hurrying past downtown landmarks like the Peabody Hotel to get a good seat at AutoZone Park. Outside Chicago, he would see Kane County Cougars players being swarmed by young fans. And in cities...
...family entertainment, the minor leagues are hard to beat. "Kids are king here," says Kane County Cougars general manager Jeff Sedivy. "And Mom is marketed to, day in, day out." The average ticket price is just $6, compared with $19 for the majors. Throw in food, souvenirs and parking, and an evening for a family of four still averages $50 for the minors, vs. $140 for the majors. The friendly, open layout of minor-league parks is another plus. Kids can wander freely. (Do you know any 8-year-olds who can sit still for nine innings?) Clever owners provide...
...minors. Despite finishing last in 2001, the team is on pace this year to outdraw the doomed Montreal Expos. Owner Dean Jernigan originally scanned the suburbs for a site, but his wife and co-owner Jean convinced him that a stadium downtown could help the city. AutoZone Park now anchors a revitalized section of Memphis once occupied by porn shops and empty lots...
...nostalgia, and nowhere is that factor bigger than in Brooklyn, where pro baseball returned last year for the first time since the Dodgers blew town 45 years ago. The New York Mets moved one of their Single-A farm teams to Coney Island and built 7,500-seat Keyspan Park next to the boardwalk. Why go to Brooklyn to see apprentices when All-Stars are playing for the Mets and Yankees across town? "The girls like it here," says Betsy Baudillo of Brooklyn, who took her two young daughters to a game. "It's intimate...
...paid by the big-league teams. (A Class A minor-league rookie makes $850 monthly.) Half the minor-league teams play in stadiums built or completely renovated since 1990. And many of them rival Baltimore's Camden Yards for beauty. Built of red brick and iron, Memphis' AutoZone Park looks as if it were erected in 1880, rather than a few years...