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Its because of the Yankees history. Probably starting with the Yankees acquiring Babe Ruth. Babe Ruth started hitting home runs and bringing fans to Yankee stadium. On top of that the Yankees have had other hall of fame hitters like Yogi Berra, Micky Mantle, Joe DiMaggio, and now Derek Jeter, and Alex Rodriguez. Yankees also have the most attendance almost ever year. And even on top of that the Yankees have WON 26 WORLD SERIES. And the post season games bring in a lot of cash, and they make the playoffs every year. 2008 is their last year and every seat in the entire stadium is sold out. Trust me- I luckily found some tickets twice as much on eBay. Plus they are baseballs best team :) You can find a Yankee fan anywhere...

And that's why the Yankees have a lot of money. Go Yankees!!

While the above statement is true, they have a winning tradition and they have been blessed with some of the best players the game has ever seen (even before they started spending a ton of money on free agency in the 70's), the Yankees make a ton of money because:

1. New York is the biggest sports market in the US, and maybe the world. Because of the population and population density, all major sports do well in NYC.

2. The Yankees are shrewd business people. They go out of their way to sign Japanes players, because those games are broadcast nationally in Japan...rising the price of sponsorship dollars (because it becomes a bigger market). A player like Matsui, who makes about $12M a year, porbably generates $30M, if you consider the expanded market he brings along with him.

3. They are one of the first, if not the first sports franchise to have their own TV network. The ownership is between the Yankees and Goldman Saks, which is a money printing machine. Because of their already popular franchise, cable companies are force to add the YES Network on their packages because many people, including myself will pay the extra few dollars a year to see their games. And of course they get to sell a lot more ads, once only reserved for the Stadium.

4. They own their own concession stands at Yankees Stadium. In fact the owners own a company that provide consessions at other arenas (unknown).

Additionally, it's about making money and also spending money. While there are many teams that make a lot of money (the Marlins for example make money, mostly from revenue sharing-a lot of that comes from the Yankees and other teams that do well financially) the Yankees ownership has committed to spending a lot of that money.

Their figures aren't make public, but the seats, parking and food (excluding ad sales at the Stadium and on TV, the YES Network and other projects abroad) cost a lot of money. I get average seats, a couple of beers and a hotdog, and park my car in their parking lot. On average I spend about $100 per game. Let's just say the new stadium has 50,000 seats and there are 81 games played their. If you assume I spend like the average fan. You get this figure for a full season: $405,000,000. PER YEAR JUST FROM THE STADIUM. Of course that's just a random number but it's arbitrary number, because there are cheap seats and there are luxuary suites and it doesn't take into consideration city taxes and other fees, deferment from past players etc. But it's easy to guesstimate that they rake in close to 750,000,000 annually.

There are three outfielders (left fielder, right fielder, and center fielder), four infielders (third baseman, shortstop, second basemen, and first basemen), a pitcher, and a catcher (the pitcher and catcher, through they play in the infield, are not considered infielders

The club was initially founded in 1962 as the Houston Colt .45's and defeated the Chicago Cubs in their first game, 11-2 on April 10. In 1965, the Colt .45's changed their name to the Houston Astros, and played baseball's first indoor game at the Astrodome on April 9, defeating the New York Yankees 2-1 in an exhibition game. So, to answer the question, the "Astros" debuted on April 9, 1965 though the Houston team had been in place for 3 years. The Astros first season in MLB was in 1962.

MLB player Anthony Rizzo throws left.

There were 10 charter teams of the American Professional Football Association that began play in 1920. The APFA changed its name to the National Football League in 1922. Click on the 'Charter Teams of the NFL' link on this page to read about them.

There are six teams in a baseball league. How many games must be played for each team to play the other five?

The Braves franchise has won 17 pennants in its history in Boston, Milwaukee, and Atlanta, 10 in Boston, 2 in Milwaukee, and 5 in Atlanta: Boston: 1877, 1878, 1883, 1891, 1892, 1893, 1897, 1898, 1914, 1948

Milwaukee: 1957, 1958

Atlanta: 1991, 1992, 1995, 1996, 1999

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Yes. The runner must touch home plate prior to being tagged for the run to score. If the defensive team does not tag the runner or step on home plate, the run counts. This is an appeal play. If no appeal is made by the defensive team. the run counts.

The Major League Baseball All-Star Game, known as the "Midsummer Classic" started in 1933 when Arch Ward, the sports editor of the Chicago Tribune, put together the first All-Star Game as a part of Chicago's Exposition that year. Since 1962 The MVP Award (Most Valuable Player) has been given to the most outstanding player of the All-Star Game. The winner of the 2005 MLB All Star Game MVP Award was Miguel Tejada of the Baltimore Orioles. The game played in Detroit was won by the American League 7-5.

No. Once a batted ball strikes a baserunner the ruling is a dead ball. In this instance, if the runner is in fair territory, they player struck by the ball is out, and the batter is credited with a single --- if the runner is in foul territory and struck this is a foul ball. Same would apply with hitting the batting coach

Weird that you are wondering this, and even stranger that I know the answer. Although you'd probably be amazed at the sports statistics that I am tracking. Do you want to know the number of first pitch swings in Yankees/sox game on April 26th? Well it's 19.

Anyway, to answer your question...there have been 3 games so far this season that a team has scored EXACTLY 13 runs in a game...

Toronto on 4/10, Philadelphia on 4/26, and Philadelphia on 4/27

Tagging up allows a base runner to advance to the next base once a fly ball is caught. To tag up means returning to the base that you occupied at the time the fly ball was hit. You place a foot on the base and watch the ball as it is caught by the fielder. When the ball is caught, you run to the next base.

No. His ex-wife Cynthia Rodriguez (née Scurtis) filed for divorce on July 7, 2008. She cited "emotional abandonment" and "extra marital affairs and other marital misconduct" as grounds for the divorce.

In Major League Baseball, NLDS stands for the National League Division Series which determines which two teams from the National League will advance to the National League Championship Series. The Division Series consist of two best-of-five series, featuring the three division winners and a wild-card team.

Overall, Satchel Paige played in many different baseball leagues. he played in the major and the minor leagues. he also played in the negro leagues and his number in the negro leagues was #25

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Major League Baseball has never had a girl play on any team.

MLB player Chris Archer throws right.

Its still an out. If the runner is thrown out before reaching the next base it doesn't matter where the ball was hit. In tr same scenario say the barter hits a ball off the outfield wall but the runner at second twists an ankle and hits the ground and is unable to advance, it'd still be a force play and no hit.

To answer the question it is scored as a fielders choice or 7-5 FC. The batter is charged with an at bat and not credit with a hit.

they keep the balls in a big freezer in the stadium so they dont prepare the balls they just go get thom as the game goes on

I have read that it is 60% in the majors.

cabrera went to MAracay High School in Venezuela

I'm answering this as a baseball fan of over 40 years ...

No team is to be credited with being first as far as walk off homeruns. All through baseball history games have occasionally been won with a last-at-bat home run, but the term "walk off" came into use after Kirk Gibson's amazing 9th inning home run in the first game of the 1988 World Series between the Dodgers and the Oakland A's.

The common understanding of "walk off" is where a batter on the home team hits a home run in their final at-bat that wins them the game. It implies that a batter, after hitting the home run, can almost casually walk around the bases to lengthen the celebration and then walk off the field. However, I have heard that originally the "walk off" term was coined by a pitcher, who the moment after giving up a no-doubt, game-ending homer, simply walked off the field without even turning his head to watch the flight of the ball over the fence.

Sportscasters, though, chose to use to term in an offensive sense compared to referring to the pitcher. Thus, baseball has another piece of terminology to describe this fairly common, game-ending moment.

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Excellent answer to this question. The "walk-off" is a media term and is not an official, nor unofficial statistic in baseball. Raw.

Through the 2007 season: National League - 9 1933 - Carl Hubbell, New York Giants

1934 - Dizzy Dean, St. Louis Cardinals

1936 - Carl Hubbell, New York Giants

1939 - Bucky Walters, Cincinnati Reds

1942 - Mort Cooper, St. Louis Cardinals

1950 - Jim Konstanty, Philadelphia Phillies

1956 - Don Newcombe, Brooklyn Dodgers

1963 - Sandy Koufax, Los Angeles Dodgers

1968 - Bob Gibson, St. Louis Cardinals American League - 11 1931 - Lefty Grove, Philadelphia Athletics

1943 - Spud Chandler, New York Yankees

1944 - Hal Newhouser, Detroit Tigers

1945 - Hal Newhouser, Detroit Tigers

1952 - Bobby Shantz, Philadelphia Athletics

1968 - Denny McLain, Detroit Tigers

1971 - Vida Blue, Oakland Athletics

1981 - Rollie Fingers, Milwaukee Brewers

1984 - Willie Hernandez, Detroit Tigers

1986 - Roger Clemens, Boston Red Sox

1992 - Dennis Eckersley, Oakland Athletics

Double plays initiated by a batter hitting a ground ball (but not a fly ball or line drive) are recorded in the official statistic GIDP (Grounded Into a Double Play), an indicator of one form of batting ineptitude. Should a run score on a play in which a batter hits into a double play (the first-and-third or bases loaded, none-out situation), official rules of scoring deny the batter credit for an RBI, although the batter always gets credit for an RBI on a one-out groundout or a fielder's choice play in which a baserunner scores.