Post by TAFKASP on Feb 24, 2022 19:06:12 GMT -6
You can eliminate New York and the Yankees still have more fans in the Twins worldwide.
The Yankees are the most popular American sports franchise on the planet. It's not just New York.
They are the most popular because fans tend to gravitate to their hometown teams or the front runners. If the Yankees didn't have the massive revenue advantage they wouldn't be champions nearly as often, and non-NY based fans wouldn't gravitate to them like they do now.
Furthermore business 101 for you: location location location. Business matters in baseball more than any other sport. It's by design. It's part of the sport which is why baseball is different.
By that logic all MLB teams should relocate to NYC. They Yankees aren't worth anything without other teams to play against, and they cannot all be located in the three largest cities in the country.
There was a time when baseball was America's pass time, but no longer and much of that can is the result of the built in advantage that the Yankees and Dodgers have. Why follow the Twins when you know 99 times out of 100 you'll just lose to the Yankees in the playoffs (in those rare years they get there) anyways? Why grow attached to the great players the Twins develop only to see them sign contracts with one of the big market teams that the Twins could never afford?
The lack of a salary cap is good for a handful of MLB teams, but it's bad for MLB overall.