DIAMOND EMPIRE
The business behind the box score.

Baseball is a $12 billion business that explains itself to no one. We do.

We read the contracts. We follow the money. We trace every scandal back to the one rule that makes baseball unlike any other business in America — the antitrust exemption.

From the lockout to the luxury tax. From Curt Flood to the Cohen Tax. From billion-dollar TV deals to the fine print that quietly decides who gets paid and who gets buried.

We expose what they hide. We explain what they won't. We investigate what they fear.

New breakdown every week.
We read the fine print. You enjoy the game.