Nationals release Dukes

[Jake]

And you're wrong about the Mets. They are the red headed stepchild of NY baseball, but they have a huge passionate fan base and plenty of people attend their games.

 

A lot of them come as empty seats, but you're right - they do sell enough tickets.

 

Still, The Nats are in a significantly larger market than the Pirates.

[champaignchris]

The big market/small market labels get tossed around by a lot of people without a lot of clarification about what they actually mean when saying it. I see Oakland referred to as a "small market team," when they're in the sixth largest media market in the country.

 

Here's an actual list of the 210 media markets by size.

[Derwood]

it's not that hard; big market teams have a large revenue stream, small market teams have a small revenue stream. The labels originally came from the media market size, but that is no longer the case

[NewUserName]

The big market/small market labels get tossed around by a lot of people without a lot of clarification about what they actually mean when saying it. I see Oakland referred to as a "small market team," when they're in the sixth largest media market in the country.

 

Here's an actual list of the 210 media markets by size.

 

I dont think anyone can compete with the Yankees financially. I do believe it is possible to market your team in almost any other market to become a large or small market team. A couple of examples off the top of my head are teams like Toronto and San Diego. In the last 20 or so years they have played on both sides of the fence