2001 Consolidated Industry Forecast (as of 11/25/01)
(in thousands)
(Unaudited)



			Anaheim	Arizona	Atlanta	Baltimore	Boston	Chicago (NL)	Chicago (AL)	Cincinnati	Cleveland	Colorado	Detroit	Florida	Houston	Kansas City	Los Angeles	Milwaukee	Minnesota	Montreal	New York (NL)	New York (AL)	Oakland	Philadelphia	Pittsburgh	St. Louis	San Diego	San Francisco	Seattle	Tampa Bay	Texas	Toronto		Consolidated


OPERATING REVENUE

	Regular season game receipts		30,208	46,509	62,141	53,216	89,743	51,189	30,898	32,102	69,470	54,015	42,299	16,756	49,161	19,520	50,764	46,021	17,605	6,405	73,971	98,000	24,992	30,435	48,610	67,084	34,381	67,173	76,570	18,193	50,664	25,363		1,383,458
	Local television, radio and cable		10,927	14,174	19,988	20,994	33,353	23,559	30,092	7,861	21,076	18,200	19,073	15,353	13,722	6,505	27,342	5,918	7,273	536	46,251	56,750	9,458	18,940	9,097	11,905	12,436	17,197	37,860	15,511	25,284	14,460		571,095
	Post season		0	13,000	2,629	0	0	(17)	0	0	2,000	0	0	0	519	0	0	0	0	0	(154)	16,000	2,686	0	0	1,488	0	0	7,392	0	0	0		45,543
	All Other Local Operating Revenue		26,195	32,970	37,692	29,691	29,485	30,642	26,291	6,523	45,295	35,197	21,018	4,037	36,826	13,270	41,100	37,010	6,987	2,829	38,162	47,057	13,932	7,739	26,598	27,581	8,504	61,524	56,211	28,633	34,561	14,255		827,815
		Local Operating Revenue	67,330	106,653	122,450	103,901	152,581	105,373	87,281	46,486	137,841	107,412	82,390	36,146	100,228	39,295	119,206	88,949	31,865	9,770	158,230	217,807	51,068	57,114	84,305	108,058	55,321	145,894	178,033	62,337	110,509	54,078		2,827,911
	National Revenue		24,401	18,479	24,401	24,401	24,401	24,401	24,401	24,401	24,401	24,401	24,401	24,401	24,401	24,401	24,401	24,401	24,401	24,401	24,401	24,401	24,401	24,401	24,401	24,401	24,401	24,401	24,401	18,258	24,401	24,401		719,965

	Total Operating Revenue		91,731	125,132	146,851	128,302	176,982	129,774	111,682	70,887	162,242	131,813	106,791	60,547	124,629	63,696	143,607	113,350	56,266	34,171	182,631	242,208	75,469	81,515	108,706	132,459	79,722	170,295	202,434	80,595	134,910	78,479		3,547,876

OPERATING EXPENSES

	Player Compensation & Benefit Plan¹		52,239	99,434	99,671	79,783	118,471	78,091	66,721	45,410	102,491	69,983	57,184	42,084	71,577	42,704	116,077	51,164	30,494	37,676	99,144	117,936	43,821	49,384	53,227	80,148	46,088	72,185	83,946	57,000	92,793	83,801		2,140,727
	National and Other Local Operating Expenses		49,061	57,850	61,540	47,059	55,799	46,886	50,648	36,533	57,870	65,245	49,074	46,204	54,266	37,126	72,873	47,801	44,305	35,014	75,195	83,413	38,761	52,996	58,463	50,442	49,784	79,110	84,222	46,438	57,806	47,605		1,639,389

	Total Operating Expenses		101,300	157,284	161,211	126,842	174,270	124,977	117,369	81,943	160,361	135,228	106,258	88,288	125,843	79,830	188,950	98,965	74,799	72,690	174,339	201,349	82,582	102,380	111,690	130,590	95,873	151,295	168,168	103,438	150,599	131,406		3,780,117


	Income (loss) from Baseball Operations		(9,569)	(32,152)	(14,360)	1,460	2,712	4,797	(5,687)	(11,056)	1,881	(3,415)	533	(27,741)	(1,214)	(16,134)	(45,343)	14,385	(18,533)	(38,519)	8,292	40,859	(7,113)	(20,865)	(2,984)	1,869	(16,151)	19,000	34,266	(22,843)	(15,689)	(52,927)		(232,241)

	2001 Revenue Sharing Receipts		9,594	(4,432)	(10,647)	(6,807)	(16,438)	(6,568)	(4,201)	13,404	(13,254)	(6,029)	5,127	18,561	(5,185)	15,997	(9,107)	1,744	19,069	28,517	(15,669)	(26,540)	10,520	11,752	1,782	(8,229)	8,668	(6,308)	(18,791)	12,384	(8,744)	9,830		0

	Income (loss) from Baseball Operations after Revenue Sharing		25	(36,584)	(25,007)	(5,347)	(13,726)	(1,771)	(9,888)	2,348	(11,373)	(9,444)	5,660	(9,180)	(6,399)	(137)	(54,450)	16,129	536	(10,002)	(7,377)	14,319	3,407	(9,113)	(1,202)	(6,360)	(7,483)	12,692	15,475	(10,459)	(24,433)	(43,097)		(232,241)


	Income (loss) from Baseball Operations after Interest		(4,953)	(44,358)	(23,868)	(13,732)	(13,675)	2,894	(7,625)	(285)	(14,242)	(11,522)	(10,694)	(10,820)	(9,455)	1,474	(68,887)	9,001	(3,791)	(12,837)	(5,225)	8,230	(532)	(9,352)	(5,879)	(7,322)	(10,298)	(139)	14,793	(17,880)	(31,249)	(42,504)		(344,732)



																																	Total Other Income (Expense)	(174,234)


																																	Income (Loss) after Interest and Amortization and before Income Taxes	(518,966)


Non-Local Operating Revenue as a percent of Total Operating Revenue & Revenue Sharing			33.55%	11.64%	10.10%	14.48%	4.96%	14.47%	18.79%	44.85%	7.48%	14.61%	26.38%	54.31%	16.09%	50.69%	11.37%	22.72%	57.70%	84.41%	5.23%	-0.99%	40.61%	38.76%	23.70%	13.02%	37.41%	11.03%	3.05%	32.96%	12.41%	38.76%		20.29%


¹ Player Compensation includes 40-man roster costs and termination pay