Baseball ticket prices up 2.5 percent

[JoseA]

CHICAGO (AP) -- The increase in baseball ticket prices slowed this year.

Baseball's major league average is $22.69 this season, the Team Marketing Report said Friday, up 2.5 percent from last year's adjusted average of $22.14.

Boston has the highest average for the 10th straight season, going up 2.7 percent to $47.71. The Chicago Cubs were next at $34.30, followed by the New York Yankees ($29.01), Chicago White Sox ($28.78), St. Louis Cardinals ($28.43) and New York Mets ($28.26).

Arizona's average of $13.79 was the lowest in the majors and was a 29.9 percent drop from last year. Texas averaged $14.19 and Kansas City $14.48.

The Los Angeles Dodgers had the biggest average increase, 26.9 percent to $26.28.

Article

Any of you frequently go to baseball games? I go to a few games a season in Chicago, usually the Cubs more often. What do you guys have to pay for tickets for your team? Generally the Cubs tickets are pretty expensive, but I just love the Wrigley Field atmosphere! But I get the cheapest seats!

[Nimajneb]

Maybe that explains the free agent market

[all4phillysportsfan]

I hope they institute a strict salary cap like football. If you go over the cap, you get fined and loss of draft picks.