10-18-2004, 06:59 PM
for the exact reason that everyone has mentioned. You follow the team where you grew up. The Yanks feed off a population of 12 million. Tampa Bay off 1 million. The yanks, Sox, Dogers, Mets, etc are going to have the advantage over everyone in regards to ticket sales. They are going to have the largest amount of merchandise because of the size of their population. Since they have the highest population, the TV networks will get the best ratings when they show one of their games.