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    • Tuesday, April 02, 2013

    Yanofsky: Everything you ever wanted to know about baseball ticket prices

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    posted on April 02, 2013 at 11:37 PM by Greg Franklin to baseball geeks, business, tickets  |  28 comment(s)

    .... but were too poor to ask. (Hint: try to be a Rockies fan who loves going to midweek games against the Mariners in May or September.)

    The first pitches have been thrown, and Rick Ankiel is on pace to hit 162 home runs this season. Time to buy some baseball tickets. To help you out, we’ve analyzed ticket prices for every regular season Major League Baseball game in 2012, using data from SeatGeek, which tracks prices on secondary markets like StubHub. The SeatGeek data provides a more ...

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    1. Dan Szymborski  posted on February 06, 2011 at 02:56 AM #  hit 0 | hit 0

    I guess Szym wasn’t brought in the replace Neyer after all…

    This was one of the more crackpot scenarios I've ever seen in my e-mail.
    2. TerpNats posted on February 06, 2011 at 02:57 AM #  hit 0 | hit 0

    Who of the three best represents Yanks/Bosox hegemony? That's the one to put your money on.
    3. robinred  posted on February 06, 2011 at 03:00 AM #  hit 0 | hit 0

    They should do this "American Idol" style.
    4. you got a STEAGLES? you're gonna need a STEAGLES. posted on February 06, 2011 at 03:14 AM #  hit 0 | hit 0

    They should do this "American Idol" style.
    it's been done.
    5. Avoid running at all times.-S. Paige posted on February 06, 2011 at 03:20 AM #  hit 0 | hit 0

    My money is on the 4th guy, a darkhorse candidate. The only thing we know about him is he spent a good portion of his life as a dairy farmer.
    6. robinred  posted on February 06, 2011 at 03:25 AM #  hit 0 | hit 0

    @ 4

    I know. I was tweaking BP.

    If I were running ESPN, I'd tell all three of them to send me headshots taken while they were wearing flannel shirts, and make the call based on that.
    7. McCoy posted on February 06, 2011 at 03:30 AM #  hit 0 | hit 0

    Sheehan will get you the angry viewer a la Howard Stern, Calcaterra will get you the history nuts and Keri will get you . . .I don't know, crickets?


    I'm guessing at this stage of the game Sheehan will get you the eyeballs. The others are good but I have no real clue how they will do in the MSM market. Really all three candidates seem like fringe candidates for a spot that became pretty darn big for ESPN.com baseball.
    8. Dag Nabbit has the talking pillow posted on February 06, 2011 at 03:35 AM #  hit 0 | hit 0

    Man, Calcaterra's stock has really gone up over the last few years.

    Good for him. He does good work.

    (I know he's only a candidate, but still - I remember back when his claim to fame was a running joke on this site about his wife).
    9. Best Regards, L.M. posted on February 06, 2011 at 03:41 AM #  hit 0 | hit 0

    I'm hearing there's a mystery columnist.

    How about Gleeman?
    10. Best Regards, L.M. posted on February 06, 2011 at 03:44 AM #  hit 0 | hit 0

    (I know he's only a candidate, but still - I remember back when his claim to fame was a running joke on this site about his wife).
    I always think of this wrt Craig:

    "Things may be exciting at the Calcaterra house, but Mong's the one with actual evidence of marital shennanigans; me and the Mrs. only have two cats at this point."

    Well keep trying Craig, you're bound to have a human baby sooner or later. I just have to ask: if the delivery is difficult, what does the doctor use to deliver the kitten--forceps or does he just try to lure it out by dangling a piece of string? ;-)
    You can easily guess who wrote that reply, I'm sure.
    11. Avoid running at all times.-S. Paige posted on February 06, 2011 at 03:46 AM #  hit 0 | hit 0

    Working baseball writers draft.

    First pick: Joe Posnanski

    You get next pick, who do you take?

    I think all three guys crack my top 20, so ESPN has done a good job here.
    12. GGC don't think it can get longer than a novella posted on February 06, 2011 at 03:59 AM #  hit 0 | hit 0

    Whatever happened to Bob Mong?
    13. Pasta-diving Jeter (jmac66) posted on February 06, 2011 at 04:01 AM #  hit 0 | hit 0


    First pick: Joe Posnanski

    You get next pick, who do you take?

    John Brattain
    14. robinred  posted on February 06, 2011 at 04:16 AM #  hit 0 | hit 0

    John Brattain


    That would guarantee your team was dead.

    Best Regards,

    robinred
    15. McCoy posted on February 06, 2011 at 04:25 AM #  hit 0 | hit 0

    It shouldn't be an American Idol type contest they should simply ask them each to top this.
    16. My guest will be Jermaine Allensworth posted on February 06, 2011 at 04:33 AM #  hit 0 | hit 0

    My money is on the 4th guy, a darkhorse candidate. The only thing we know about him is he spent a good portion of his life as a dairy farmer.

    Herbert Perry would be an interesting choice indeed.
    17. I Left Tim Raines Down In Africa posted on February 06, 2011 at 05:08 AM #  hit 0 | hit 0

    I'm sure they're in secret negotiations to pay some guy from Bleacher Report in Funyuns and weed, or something.
    18. Tripon posted on February 06, 2011 at 05:33 AM #  hit 0 | hit 0

    I think in the end, it will be Keri. He's the most non-threatening of the group due to being Canadian.
    19. Walt Davis posted on February 06, 2011 at 08:22 AM #  hit 0 | hit 0

    I vote Craig but think, surprise, the Phillies get the gig.
    20. Bob Evans posted on February 06, 2011 at 02:00 PM #  hit 0 | hit 0

    I vote for Doug Glanville.
    21. Bruce Markusen posted on February 06, 2011 at 02:33 PM #  hit 0 | hit 0

    I know he already has a fulltime job, but how about Steve Treder? I would go to ESPN's site for that.
    22. GGC don't think it can get longer than a novella posted on February 06, 2011 at 03:26 PM #  hit 0 | hit 0

    I vote for Josh Wilker.
    23. ??'s Biggest Fan! posted on February 06, 2011 at 04:07 PM #  hit 0 | hit 0

    Sheehan all the way, there's so few of us Yankees fans, we need to stick together.
    24. Darren  posted on February 06, 2011 at 04:13 PM #  hit 0 | hit 0

    Neyer's already figured it out by following the cryptic clues in this article... it's Mike Mussina.
    25. Gotham Dave posted on February 06, 2011 at 04:26 PM #  hit 0 | hit 0

    Does Mussina have any interest in a baseball writing career? If he's half as good at writing about baseball as he is at crosswords, he'd be awesome.

    Hey, has a former player ever joined the BBWAA, and then been in a position to vote for *themselves* on a HoF ballot? Is there any kind of mechanism to keep this from happening?
    26. Banacek posted on February 06, 2011 at 04:27 PM #  hit 0 | hit 0

    Gotta go with the Shyster.
    27. Dan Szymborski  posted on February 06, 2011 at 08:41 PM #  hit 0 | hit 0

    Hey, has a former player ever joined the BBWAA, and then been in a position to vote for *themselves* on a HoF ballot? Is there any kind of mechanism to keep this from happening?

    None that I can think of.

    Don't forget, one has to be a 10-year member of the BBWAA to vote, so even if a player got into a writing role, only a few of them would even be on the ballot by the time they got to vote. And that's assuming the best case that they're able to join the BBWAA very quickly.
    28. GGC don't think it can get longer than a novella posted on February 06, 2011 at 08:51 PM #  hit 0 | hit 0

    I think Tim Murnane wrote long enough that he was in the BBWAA era.

    ESPN cannot hire me even though I live close by. I had computer issues when they gave me a sports knowledge test as part of a prehire process and I didn't return the test in time.
    29. Dan Szymborski  posted on February 07, 2011 at 07:50 AM #  hit 0 | hit 0

    I think Tim Murnane wrote long enough that he was in the BBWAA era.


    BBWAA was founded in 1908, so he could've (though not in position to vote on himself).

    I guess Doug Glanville could end up in the BBWAA, though he only played 9 seasons.

    I had computer issues when they gave me a sports knowledge test as part of a prehire process

    They do that? What were the questions like? Stuff like "What color is a basketball?" or "Essay Question: How is Keith Moreland's career consistent/inconsistent with the observations on America made by Alexis de Tocqueville?"
    30. Dan Szymborski  posted on February 07, 2011 at 07:51 AM #  hit 0 | hit 0

    Now that I think of it, if presidential candidates are allowed to vote for themselves, I think it's only fair to let writers vote for themselves.
    31. Horror posted on February 07, 2011 at 08:33 AM #  hit 0 | hit 0


    How about Gleeman?


    Gleeman is the Shannon Stewart of baseball writers.
    32. Walt Davis posted on February 07, 2011 at 11:06 AM #  hit 0 | hit 0

    Gleeman is the Shannon Stewart of baseball writers.

    MVP!! MVP!!
    33. God posted on February 07, 2011 at 12:37 PM #  hit 0 | hit 0

    Shannon Stewart invented a stat called Shannon Stewart?
    34. GGC don't think it can get longer than a novella posted on February 07, 2011 at 01:55 PM #  hit 0 | hit 0

    They do that? What were the questions like? Stuff like "What color is a basketball?" or "Essay Question: How is Keith Moreland's career consistent/inconsistent with the observations on America made by Alexis de Tocqueville?"


    The stuff I recall involved reading boxscores from the major sports to detect errors and spelling sports figures names. Yahoo Sports needs someone to do that, too, judging by Patriot's screenshots on his blog. Not sure what that had to do with the job I applied for, but I guess they have to see if you know the basics first.

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