European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 18, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Thursday june 18, 1992 the stars and stripes a Page 297 nil clubs last on value Lis financial Survey ranks yanks tops in sports by Hal Bock new York apr this will not be Good news for the Ottawa senators and Tampa Bay lightning each paying $50 million to join the nil next season As Well As the partnership that purchased the Pittsburgh penguins for $60 million last Winter. In a Survey of 102 professional sports teams conducted by financial world Magazine the seven least valuable franchises come from the nil. Each is Worth $41 million or less and that includes the two time Stanley cup Champion penguins. Others at the Bottom were new Jersey $41 million Washington $40 Millio Buffalo and St. Louis f$39 million Minnesota $34 million and Winnipeg $30 million. The flip Side is that the nil Detroit red wings and Chicago Blackhawk enjoyed the two biggest jumps in franchise values of any teams in the Survey. The red wings zoomed 59.7 percent to $70 million and the Blackhawk were up 35 percent to $61 million. The biggest drops were suffered by the nil Green Bay packers Down 42.5 percent to $115 million and the Boston celtics who fell 38.9 percent to $110 million. The most valuable franchise in sports remains the new York Yankees listed at $200 million. That represents a drop of $25 million from a year ago. The Yankees were followed by four other baseball teams a the los Angeles dodgers $180 Millionth new York mets $170 million and the Toronto Blue jays and Boston red sox $160 million each. Then came the Aba los Angeles lakers and the nil Miami dolphins both at $150 million and both something of an Enigma. Despite their High Price tags both suffered significant drops from a year ago Miami off 26.8 percent and los Angeles Down 25 percent. The lakers Are the most profitable franchise in sports with an operating margin of 48.1 percent. Also in at $150 million Are the nil new York giants giving new York and los Angeles five of the top eight teams in the Survey which reported an Overall drop in value of 2.3 percent for sports franchises and found 23 of the 102 teams lost Money last year. Much of the Yankee value is generated from a $50 million per year Cable television contract with Madison Square Garden network. Ironically the gardens two pro teams the Aba new York kicks at $83 million and the nil new York rangers at $62 million were Well behind the Yankees on the list. Winning does no to automatically translate into Alue. Besides the nil penguins each of the current league champions w Ere Well Down the list. The Minnesota twins and Atlanta braves world series opponents last year were valued at $83 million each behind 19 other major league teams l he two time Aba Champion Chicago bulls were listed at $10 1 million a Well behind the White sox $140 million. Bears $130 million and cubs $132 million who All do business in the same City. The super Bow l Champion Washington redskins Are listed at $117 million. Och in the nil behind non winners like Phoenix. Indianapolis and Cleveland among others. In baseball the lowest franchise value was Quot it million for the Montreal expo. Both the Florida Matlins and Colorado Rockies paid $95 million to join the expos in the National league next season. All nil teams were valued at More than 511hi million with the new England patriots last among the leagues 28 clubs at $103 million. The lowest valued Aba team was the Indiana pacers priced at $43 million. The Magazine considered Gate receipts Media and stadium revenues player costs and operating expenses in reaching franchise values. Phils Kruk Daulton Pace no not voting new York a John Kruk leads the National league in hitting. His teammate Darren Daulton leads the league in Bis. Curiously neither Lead the no in Allstar ballots. Kruk the Burly first baseman for the Philadelphia Phillies has been atop the no batting charts All season and is currently hitting .367. He a also the league Cader in on base percentage and second in hits to san Diego a seven time All Star Tony Gwynn. However Kruk with 155,366 All Star votes is far Back in third among no first baseman trailing san Francisco a will Clark 355,436 and san Diego a Fred Mcgriff 335,784. The voting was announced tuesday. Daulton a plight at Catcher is even stranger. Despite leading the league with 49 Bis and being tied for third with 11 homers he a sixth in the voting at 107,635. Benito Santiago of san Diego leads the position with 411,899 votes while others ahead of Daulton include former Al stars Gary Carter of Montreal and Greg Olson of Atlanta. Gwynn showed up among the Outfield leaders for the first time with 320,179 votes behind Pittsburgh a Barry Bonds 492,482 and ahead of Darryl Strawberry of los Angeles 271,999. San Diego shortstop Tony Fernande Zall Star balloting moved ahead of perennial All Star Ozzie Smith of St. Louis. Fernandez who was third behind Smith and Cincinnati a Barry Larkin last week took the Lead with 341,784 votes. Smith who has started the last nine All Star games is second with 308,988, followed by Larkin with 214,522. Last weeks other leaders maintained their positions with Chicago a Ryne Sandberg 605,572 at second and Atlanta a Terry Pendleton 317,312 at third. American league leaders announced monday Are Catcher Sandy Alomar or. Of Cleveland first baseman Mark Mcgwire of Oakland second baseman Roberto Alomar of Toronto shortstop Cal Ripken or. Of Baltimore third baseman Wade Boggs of Boston and outfielders Ken Griffey or. Of Seattle Kirby Puckett of Minnesota and Dave Winfield of Toronto. The 63rd All Star game will be played tuesday night july 14, in san  Smith sidelined by pox Chicago a shortstop Ozzie Smith of the St. Louis cardinals came Down with Chicken pox tuesday and was sent Back to St. Louis. Smith is expected to be sidelined from seven to 10 Days. He apparently caught the virus from his daughter  a different court Philadelphia 76crs Star Charles Barkley watches his attorney Thomas Lla Loran address a Milwaukee court during the first Day of testimony in Barkley a trial tuesday. Barkley is accused of assault and Battery but claims he punched a Man in self defense. Barkley a attorney called one witness and then rested his  Hopes to bring giants Joy to Mudville by Joe Bigham Fresno Calif. Apr the latest attempt to woo i he giants away from san Francisco comes from Stockton believed to be the fabled Mudville of the poem Casey at the  a group headed by insurance agent Richard Paulsen proposed tuesday to build a baseball stadium in an onion Field along interstate 5 South of the Central Cali Lornia Community. The giants Arentt publicly discussing their contacts Ith communities club vice president Duffy Jennings void. But if the team did move 75 Miles East to Stockton he added a there would be Joy in  baseball lore at least locally Long has held that the Inland port farm Center was the real site of Ernest Lawrence thayers poem about the mighty Casey. Paulsen said his group a has a lot of Confidence in our proposal a much like Casey a Confidence As he strode to the plate. A there was ease in Casey a manner As lie stepped into his place. A there was Pride in Casey a bearing and a smile on Casey a  just As the poems fans knew of Casey s prowess Paulsen Hopes the giants will know that Stockton is surrounded by 8.5 million fans in the san Francisco Bay area Sacramento and san Joaquin valleys. A and when responding to the cheers he lightly doffed his hat a no stranger in the crowd could doubt a iwas Casey at the  Paulsen is a confident that the giants could sell out every games in Stockton just As Casey a fans were confident that he would get the hit that would win the game for the Mudville nine. But Paul sends Hope of luring the giants to 211,000-population Stockton faces Tough Competition from much larger communities ranging from Sci Aminto 40 Miles North to St. Petersburg Ida. And so Paulsene a dream of major league baseball in his Hometown could wind up like the poem. A there is no Joy in Mudville a a mighty Casey has struck