Selig Bullish On MLB's Handling Of Game Three Weather Issues

Saturday Night's Game Three Started After An 80-Minute Rain Delay In Philadelphia

THAT'S THE TICKET! The players’ pool for MLB postseason compensation stands at $58.97M following last night’s Game Four, an all-time high and 15% higher than a year ago. The money, generated from 60% of the net gate receipts of the first three games of each Division Series and first four games of each LCS and the World Series, is largely a function of the stadium capacities of the participating playoff teams. And deep playoff runs by the Yankees, Dodgers, Phillies and Angels, each of which play in ballparks with seating capacities of more than 45,000, aided the growth of the pool. Postseason ticket prices were generally held steady this year. Player distributions for the eight playoff teams and four non-playoff second-place clubs will be voted upon and made later this year. Meanwhile, as expected, secondary market tickets for the Philadelphia-based World Series games fell considerably as the dates for the three games approached and the Phillies fell behind in the Series. As of yesterday, tickets for the three Citizens Bank Park games sold on StubHub for an average of $874, down from $908 on Saturday. But purchasers between Saturday and Sunday paid $523, down sharply from $618 between Friday and Saturday. On FanSnap, a metasearch engine of more than 50 ticket resale sites, listings for tonight’s Game Five fell between Friday and Sunday by at least 20% in every category of seating at the stadium. Average list pricing on FanSnap, however, remains at about $1,000 per ticket (Fisher).

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STAND BY ME: Game Three was devoted to Stand Up 2 Cancer, part of the four-game run of charitable dedications to start the World Series. A live PSA promoting the cancer-research cause aired in the middle of the 2nd inning Saturday. The spot, produced in partnership with MasterCard, included participation from CBS News' Katie Couric, ESPN MLB analyst John Kruk, and actors Terrence Howard and Minka Kelly, each affected by cancer either personally or within their families, and closed with a live shot of the Citizens Bank Park crowd. The Stand Up 2 Cancer events also featured hit-it-here signs posted in left-center field and right-center field, with home runs striking the signs generating a $1M donation by MasterCard to Stand Up 2 Cancer. No balls struck the signs, but Phillies RF Jayson Werth came close to doing so on both of his Game Three home runs. Game Four, meanwhile, was devoted to the RBI program (Fisher).

SECURITY CHECK: In N.Y., Mark Feinsand reports "additional security was installed in the outfield for Sunday night's Game 4 after fans spent the early innings of Game 3 on Saturday throwing coins" at Yankees OFs Melky Cabrera and Nick Swisher (N.Y. DAILY NEWS, 11/2).

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