I feel differently. Until this year 90% of the national TV coverage went to NY, Boston and LA. That means revenue/payroll! To my amazement that has all changed this year, and a big reason for that is the finish of the NL Central last year. ESPN and MLBTV must have gotten together and said: "OMG! A whole season with no ARod! What will we do with this mediocre team with no ARod?!!" "I know! And our fair haired Boy Pujols is toast! We still have Puig but he could crash into a wall or a tree (in his Lamborgini) at any moment, and his teamate, Blackbeard, is ailing! What will we do?" "Well, we could pretend to care about the superior teams in the colorless NL Central. The Cardinals have been to the post season a lot and do have a large, spread out fan base. We could spin the Pirates into a great rags to riches story. We could pretend that the Reds losing Choo and Arroyo didn't really happen!" Oh man, I could go on and on about this topic, but I'm tired of typing.