Here's "revenue sharing" UP CLOSE & PERSONAL

"This postseason, the Yankees doubled the regular-season price of lowest-cost, Kinney-contracted Yankee Stadium parking from $13 to $26. And from there, it became even more abusive.

When Game 2 against the Tigers was postponed until the next afternoon - but not until a full house had spent more than two hours and a fortune on newly marked-up food and drink before it was sent home - patrons who returned by car again were forced to pay to park.

In other words, those folks paid $52 to park before they saw a single pitch. The previous night's parking receipt, for a game that went unplayed, was not accepted.

• And, just as Bud Selig gives such ripoffs his tacit approval, not a discouraging word is heard from City Hall, Attorneys General offices, Consumer Affairs folks or from others in local government who, it's worth noting, have no trouble procuring tickets to postseason games.

One of the Mets' and Yankees' most conspicuous business partners, Steiner Collectibles, recently took a pile of Mets' postseason tickets and conducted an on-line auction, an enterprise most of us recognize as ticket scalping.

(Don't forget the Dodgers!!!)....

• In Los Angeles, the cost of two tickets to Mets-Dodgers only began with the face value of the tickets.

• There was an additional $12 "facility charge" - in case you planned to buy the tickets and enter the stadium - an $8.50 "convenience charge" - same as the "inconvenience charge" - and a $3.55 "order processing fee" - should you actually want your order filled."

From Phil Mushnick's NY Post column, 10/15/06

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