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The Red Sox and the Yankees are exactly the same. Not just obnoxious fans (I'm an Orioles tour guide; I know) and national fan-bases.
They both get their money through local TV revenue.
They both control large populations to themselves (all of New England for Boston, half of the NYC metro area for the Yankees) that receive their regional cable networks.
RCNs are the moneymakers in modern baseball, and are why big-market teams can outspend small-market ones.
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--Peter Schmuck, The (Baltimore) Sun
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