PLAY BALL! The World Series now moves to the big apple where the Mets hope to get back on the winning track as they find themselves trailing the Kansas City Royals 2 games to Zip! Don’t think for a minute that this all-American “game” isn’t BIG business! The personal finance website crunched the numbers in honor of the 111th World Series, amassing a collection of interesting facts and figures related to the event – from ticket sales and TV ratings to salaries and the spoils of victory. You can check it all out in our 2015 World Series By The Numbers report, but a few of the high priced high lights are:

• $257M: Total ad revenue generated by the 7-game World Series in 2014

• 57 Years: Cumulative length of the Mets and Royals respective World Series title draughts

$50M: Estimated economic impact on Kansas City from the 2014 World Series

• $500M: Amount Mets ownership had invested with Ponzi schemer Bernie Madoff

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