NOT JUST PEANUTS.

Reports on the growing popularity of minor league baseball. How former baseball players including Nolan Ryan are buying minor league baseball franchises; Number of minor league teams; How, in the early 1990s, Major League Baseball forced stricter standards on the minors for clubhouses and fields; How this led to the building of more than 100 new stadiums; Number of teams the Goldklang Group, made up of Bill Murray, Mike Veeck, and Marvin Goldklang, own; Costs involved in purchasing a minor league team. INSETS: Cashing In on Hometown Pride;So You Want to Own a Minor-League Baseball Team?;Minor-League Celebrities.