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Senator Clay Davis · 03-23-2023, 10:48 AM

Like most people I pretty much ignored this, but after seeing some of the insane ratings from Japan I mostly came away wondering how long before we have MLB expansion into Japan. It's obviously a declining sport in North America, so the long term growth prospects here are bleak, but if you're getting 50 million people in Japan to watch glorified spring training, how many could you get for a Yomiuri Giants/New York Yankees playoff game? How much gate money could you get from that?

03-23-2023, 10:48 AM	#104
Senator Clay Davis Franchise Player Join Date: Apr 2012 Location: Maryland State House, Annapolis Exp:	Like most people I pretty much ignored this, but after seeing some of the insane ratings from Japan I mostly came away wondering how long before we have MLB expansion into Japan. It's obviously a declining sport in North America, so the long term growth prospects here are bleak, but if you're getting 50 million people in Japan to watch glorified spring training, how many could you get for a Yomiuri Giants/New York Yankees playoff game? How much gate money could you get from that? __________________ "Think I'm gonna be the scapegoat for the whole damn machine? Sheeee......."