Yankees Use Legal Action To Banish StubHub, But Allow Scalpers To Roam Free

The Yankees are using a New York state anti-scalping law to "keep legal ticket reseller StubHub away from the Stadium -- but when it comes to traditional illegal scalpers outside their gates, the team is giving them an intentional walk," according to Mangan, Sheehan & Greene of the N.Y. POST. Before last night’s game against the Orioles, Yankees security "was practically giving scalper referrals." When a reporter was "charged twice the face value of a $20 ticket, she complained to a cop, who was not sympathetic." The police officer responded, "That’s how they make their money. Next time ... look at the ticket before you buy it." Meanwhile, the Yankees have "gotten an injunction banishing StubHub to at least 1,500 feet from the stadium." Team President Randy Levine said that there "should be no double standard and that the state’s anti-scalping law will be universally enforced" (N.Y. POST, 4/15).