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Originally Posted by Jason Moyer
Baseball should add a third team to NY and a second team to Philly. Would never happen, but they have the markets to handle it.
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In regards to Philadelphia, it was only about ten years ago the Phillies were not doing well and were in fact receiving revenue sharing. There were a number of complaints at the time from other clubs how a team in such a big market needed revenue sharing.
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Originally Posted by Jason Moyer
Is there any doubt an expansion team in San Juan would do well?
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Yes, there is. I can sum it up in three words: per capita income. According to the 2000 census, the Milwaukee metropolitan statistical area had a population of 1.69 million (the smallest in MLB) while the San Juan area had a population of 2.45 million. Looks good for San Juan, doesn't it? Now take a look at the per capita income figures for each area: Milwaukee, $23,003; San Juan, $9,140. That's a huge difference. If you take the per capita income and multiply it by the population, yielding the total amount of income earned in the statistical area, and then compare the two places, San Juan comes out at just 57.6% of the Milwaukee value.
And per capita income matters as various studies have demonstrated a link between higher per capita incomes in an area and greater revenue for a ball club.