Comments on: Yanks-Phils Classic sees 42% ratings jump over ’08

By: viridiana

viridiana — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 20:39:44 +0000

Does anybody know how much the Yankees as a franchise will earn from their run through the World Series? Do they get a share of the home and road gate of each game? Do they also get anything from the TV coverage? I did some back of the nevelope calculations that suggest they may have earned %35-40 million just from their share of gate receipts. But I really would be interested in some authoritative estimates.

By: Derby

Derby — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 18:00:15 +0000

I’ll admit that I didn’t really watch the world series last year. I watched the 2008 ALCS just because I really wanted to see the sox lose. Once the world series rolled around, I couldn’t really get into it. This year was very different though, haha. I watched from CC’s first pitch in game 1 to Cano throwing to Tex for the final out in game 6.

By: Januz

Januz — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 17:30:13 +0000

The TV ratings have LITTLE to do with the economy (We were in a severe recession in 2008 when the ratings were 40% lower than last year). It deals with the popularity of the Yankees BOTH in New York and nationwide. Another example of this occured when the New York audience had a choice of Yankees/Angels or Giants/Cardinals and baseball more than doubled the NFL.

By: Jay

Jay — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 16:56:35 +0000

Doesn’t the poor economy have something to do with this as well? I would think that people can’t afford to go out as often and instead would sit home and watch TV. Of course the Yankees are huge, but does anyone who knows about economics have any insight to this?

By: JSquared

JSquared — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 16:28:35 +0000

Well, Same NL Team from Last Year, Different AL Team. So…

Jimmy Rollins, there’s only a few people who think the phillies are as good as you believe. (They’re Phillies Fans).

By: aj

aj — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 16:02:48 +0000

Yeah Joe Buck, the Yankees are bad for baseball huh?

By: e mills

e mills — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 15:27:35 +0000

everyone is really a Yankees fan deep down.

By: Brien Jackson

Brien Jackson — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 15:12:06 +0000

Hang on a second. I’ve been told over and over again by every baseball-cum-NFL fan I know that baseball lacks NFL-style parity, that this is really hurting them, and that baseball desperately needs to copy everything the NFL does. Tampa Bay getting to the World Series would be great for baseball. Right?

By: Reggie C.

Reggie C. — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 14:56:00 +0000

I enjoyed the media’s take of “match-up of titans: Arod vs. Ryan Howard.” A championship bout of historic homerun hitters.

The team match-up didn’t suffer from a lack of storylines, and the general audience really understood that this year the 2 best teams in baseball were facing each other. What also helped draw in fans of other teams is the fact that both squads had a core of farm-developed, productive players that showed the value of drafting well.

By: Januz

Januz — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 14:50:38 +0000

What is interesting about these numbers is this: Baseball needs the Yankees. It is shortsighted and counterproductive to try and weaken the Yankees. All of the mainstream media, Yankee Haters and “small market” teams (Like Boston, who claim they cannot compete because of the revenue streams created by the new stadium),should think about this: What the ratings would be for a Pirates/Royals World Series?.