Diamondbacks Lay Off Dozens of Employees (Not Including Adam Dunn) [Mlb]
Deadspin —
... The purge of off-field employees has started in earnest this Credit Crunch offseason, with the Arizona Diamondbacks releasing 31 employees (around 10% of the entire front office), mostly from the broadcast side of the business as a result of selling all their games to Fox Sports Arizona. Yet again, the tight economy has been given as the reason for the cuts. ...
D-backs cut broadcasting department
SPORTS COUCH POTATO —
... In a cost-cutting move attributed to the sagging economy, the Arizona Diamondbacks have let go 31 people from their front office, with several of the cuts coming from the team's broadcasting department, according to a report on azcentral.com. ...
The Diamondbacks cut 31 employees from their ...
Deadspin —
... The Diamondbacks cut 31 employees from their front office Friday, moves that team President Derrick Hall said were a result of rising expenses and a sluggish economy. "This move was strictly about efficiency," Hall said. "We had to take a good, hard look at how efficiently we were operating, especially in a challenging economic climate." [AZ Central] ...
Baseball and the economy
River Avenue Blues —
... While free agents are in for some rather large paydays this year, Front Office folks aren’t as lucky. Over the weekend, the Diamondbacks announced they would be laying off 31 Front Office employees for a cost savings of about nine percent. While news like this will probably become de rigeur over the next few months, it’s also fairly mind-boggling that a team as consistently mediocre as the Diamondbacks had the largest Front Office staff of any Major League team. ...
D-Backs Layoff 31 Front Office Employees, Cite Economy as Reason
The Biz of Baseball :: Business of Sports Network —
The Arizona Diamondbacks have cut 31 employees from the front office, or approximately nine percent of the staff, in an effort to be more efficient during the economic downturn. The reduction in staff leaves close to 300 full-time employees. As reported by the AZ Republic: "This move was strictly about efficiency," Hall said. "We had to take a good, hard look at how efficiently we were operating, especially in a challenging economic climate." […] Hall said the TV program D-backs Playin' Hardball "might be going ...
Not a Great Day for the Rest of the NL West
Sons of Steve Garvey —
D-Backs cut 31 employees from front office (Arizona Republic)
Rockies agree to send Holliday to A's (coloradorockies.com)
Contract impasse forces Hoffman out of San Diego (ESPN.com)
The Strawman Cometh
Walkoff Walk —
... With the creative accounting most professional teams are capable of, it's almost impossible to ascertain the true financial status of your local sports franchise. One surefire way to tell that things aren't going so swimmingly, layoffs! The Arizona Diamondbacks laid off 31 employees at the beginning of November while the ...
