Thursday, April 17, 2008

April 17 -- HOW MUCH ARE THE PHILLIES WORTH?

Forbes has released its annual rankings of MLB franchise values, and the Phillies came in 10th at $481 million. Not bad, considering the present ownership group bought the team for $30 million in 1981. Here's a list of the top 10 most valuable franchises:

1. Yankees -- $1.306 billion
2. Mets -- $824 million
3. Red Sox -- $816 million
4. Dodgers -- $694 million
5. Cubs -- $642 million
6. Angels -- $500 million
7. Braves -- $497 million
8. Giants -- $494 million
9. Cardinals -- $484 million
10. Phillies -- $481 million

Forbes suggested the Phillies' value rose 5% from 2007, and that the franchise turned a $14.3 million profit last year on revenue of $192 million.

6 comments:

Anonymous said...

I'm sorry to hear that Rollins lost an uncle (and has to attend the funeral), but for crying out loud, Brett Favre played a game the day after his Dad died. Looks like Rollins is reverting back to his rapper days. All about Jimmy, nothing about the team.

Another one bites the dust.

Zach said...

Andy, are you serious? Rollins is hurt anyway and wouldn't be able to start. Didn't you notice that heavy limp after being lifted for a pinch runner last night?

It's so much about Jimmy that he's opting to stay off the DL so he can at least come in and contribute as a pinch hitter. Yeah, real selfish.

Anonymous said...

Zach, I've faked a limp to board a plane before the rest of the cattle. So it's not hard to do. I'd rather bat than play the field also. He's probably due a vacation anyway.

Anonymous said...

Excuse me Andy although baseball is his job there are more important things then baseball. There is also 162 baseball games, while 16 NFL games. Give me a break, like Zach said he has chosen not to go on the DL so he can contribute in any way.

Anonymous said...

Words are cheap.

Anonymous said...

So are you, you little punk.

Ooh, God, Rollins wasn't in one game. Man, Andy, this is horrible news.

Shut up, you little twerp, and stop complainging over dumb things.