Players from the Brooklyn Cyclones minor league baseball team were on hand around the park for a "meet and greet" with fans.

CNN: Taking a roller coaster ride back in time at Coney Island

Major League Baseball team owners will be keeping a keen eye on the sale of a stake in the New York Mets by Fred Wilpon because whom ever buys the team is likely to bring a bag of cash to spend on players in an attempt to revive a sagging brand.

FORBES: Sale Of Mets Could Impact Baseball Salaries

One thing is for certain: To anyone who's in the business of owning a baseball team, the idea of getting players to leave money on the table in their primes makes more sense than the alternative.

WSJ: Baseball Free Agency Dies of Neglect -- Matt Cain, Joey Votto, Andrew McCutchen, Matt Kemp Opt for Long-Term Deals

The Diamondbacks, in town for three games at Yankee Stadium this week, have placed a higher premium on clubhouse culture and players' outward demeanor than any team in baseball.

WSJ: D-Backs Get Down and Dirty

Owner of the Seibu Lions pro baseball team, he set his sights on bringing the Olympic Winter Games to Nagano a decade ago, as honorary chairman of the Nagano Bidding Committee.

FORBES: The winner: Tsutsumi

In contrast, a fixed number of jobs exists on active major league rosters, with only 25 baseball players permitted per team or 750 players total in the major leagues.

FORBES: America's Pastime Should Be Baseball, Not Complaints about Immigrants

Yesterday, Doubleday filed a lawsuit in which he accused baseball commissioner Bud Selig of conspiring with an accountant who is also a consultant to Major League Baseball (MLB) to place an "artificially" low price on the team by manufacturing "phantom operating losses" in MLB's books.

FORBES: Mets Co-Owner Throws Brushback Pitch

Because there is no salary cap in baseball, which means teams can spend as much as they want on players, the more money a team has to spend, the better players that team can acquire.

FORBES: 'Moneyball' Is an Unintentional Allegory About Today's Financial Mess