Ticket Prices for Divisional Interleague Matchups Show Interest is Falling League-Wide

With interleague play coming to an end for the 2012 season, we wanted to see how much each division is paying to see games against teams in the opposing league’s counterpart (AL East vs NL East, AL Central vs. NL Central and AL West vs. NL West). As you can see in the image above, the AL...

NL Beats AL in All Star Game and Social Home Run Derby

If you believe the ESPN verdict, last night’s Home Run Derby was unequivocally ‘The Best Ever.’ While there are likely good arguments to the contrary (Josh Hamilton), based on pure competitive drama–Yankees/RedSox, Walk-off, come-from-behind, win– the 2011...

Handicapping DJ3K: If Mystic or Aura have a vote, it may be tonight

With three left to 3,000, Yankees fans and baseball fans alike are focused on Derek Jeter and the four-game series that opens tonight in the Bronx. As Jeter tries to create history in the house that George built, the market is betting heavily he’ll do it tomorrow night. Prices for Yankees...

Yanks-Rays Tiqs Up 57% As Jeter Inches Closer to 3,000

For weeks, Yankees fans have been hoping that Derek Jeter would reach his historic 3,000th hit at home. Barring a 4-hit night tonight against the Indians, Yankees fans will get their wish. After tonight’s game the Yankees’ are back in the Bronx for a four-game series with...

The Top 5 MLB Ticket Prices for the 4th

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14 Years in, Demand For Interleague Tickets is Low

Since it’s inception, baseball purists and progressives have debated the merits of interleague play. Despite a strong and vocal group of naysayers, the consensus is that interleague has successfully built the sports’ visibility and driven gate receipts. A closer look at pricing data...

Regional Rivalries Drive Premiums as Interleague Play Kicks Off This Weekend

Since its introduction in 1997, fans league-wide have debated the pros and cons of annual interleague play. While the average baseball fan might revel in the previously unseen matchup between classic franchises, the purists might dismiss the whole thing as a gimmicky money-making ploy set up...

Giants Have Already Won the World Series…at the Box Office

The Texas Rangers and San Francisco Giants open up baseball’s 106th World Series tonight. While odds makers have the series in a dead heat, at the box office, the Giants have already clinched. 1 While the average price at both venues constitutes a down payment, San Franciscans are...

Ticket Market Thinks ALCS is Going to 7 Games

The Texas Rangers and New York Yankees square off tonight for game 6 of the American League Championship Series. As always, we decided to look at the ticket market to see what prices and trends say about the prospects for the game. As you can see from the chart above, prices for...

A Day at the Park with Vinny: ALCS Edition

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A Day at the Park with Vinny and the Creatures

For tickets to each of these games, click on the links below: 1 9/2 vs. Oakland — 9/3 vs. Toronto — 9/4 vs. Toronto — 9/5 vs. Toronto – 9/6 vs. Baltimore — 9/8 vs....

Hurt, Hawks and Yanks Drive up Prices for Weekend Sox Series

Tonight begins a pretty exciting weekend for the White Sox. Not only are welcoming the Yankees to town for the first and only time this season, but Sunday is Frank Thomas Night. 1 In 16 seasons with the White Sox, the future Hall of Famer hit .307/.427/.568 with 448 HR and 1465 RBI. He also...

Always Their Idiot: Sox Fans Pay 144% More Than Yanks Fans To See Damon

Tonight, Johnny Damon makes his first trip back to Yankee Stadium since winning the ’09 World Series and then moving on to the Tigers. 1 This got us at TiqIQ thinking about the Yankees-Red Sox rivalry and if Damon’s visit would impact ticket prices in New York as much as it did in...

A-Rod’s 600th (Post-Mortem): A Long, Slow Descent Into Baseball History

A-Rod hit his 599th homerun on July 23rd.  He finally connected for 600 yesterday. While separated by only 13 calendar days, the gap between 599 and 600 also contained 46 At Bats, four different opposing teams and 103 specially-marked ‘A’ balls.  For Yankees’ fans, the wait felt like...

Sox Fans Miss Manny, and Pay Up to Welcome Him Back For the Weekend

As a Red Sox, Manny Ramirez logged over 1,000 games ‘just being Manny’.  Along the way, he also helped deliver two World Series rings and many memorable, as well as a few forgettable, moments. Now, three and a half years later, Manny’s back under the Monster, parking his...

Ticket Prices Surprisingly Cheap For World Series Rematch In The Bronx

For the first time since last November, the Yankees and Phillies will square off in a World Series rematch at Yankee Stadium. Here’s are the pitching matchups: 1 - Game 1: CC Sabathia vs. Roy Hallday - Game 2: A.J. Burnett vs. Jamie Moyer - Game 3: Andy Pettitte vs. Kyle Kendrick 1 On top of...

Prices Remain Low For Important July 9th Series Between Tigers-Twins

We’re 1/3 through the baseball season and the AL Central is looking like a two-team race between the Tigers and Twins. As of mid-June, Minnesota leads the division by 3.5 games, and these two division rivals are set to meet again in Detroit starting on July 9th. 1 However, for what is...

Rays Dominate East, But Are No Match Yanks/Sox At Box Office

On the heels of the Red Sox first visit to the Bronx, the Rays series was arguably the biggest early-season test for the defending World Series Champs. However, to Yankees fans, this was just another series, as the paid below the season average to see the battle for first place, and almost...

Opening Day 2010: Yanks Put a Ring On It, and Fans Pay Up to See

While opening day, with all its ritualized rites of spring and untainted hopes of postseason glory, is undeniably special, is it really worth paying a 104% premium for a what is otherwise a meaningless game in April? Yankees fans apparently thought so, paying a hefty premium compared to other...