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Yanks top Forbes list

Alex Rodriguez, left, Hideki Matsui and the Yankees are worth $1.3 billion.Associated Press (Associated Press / The Spokesman-Review)
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Alex Rodriguez, left, Hideki Matsui and the Yankees are worth $1.3 billion.Associated Press (Associated Press / The Spokesman-Review)

The New York Yankees’ value increased to $1.306 billion over the past year, according to the annual estimates by Forbes magazine, a rise of 9 percent over the past year.

The New York Mets were second at $824 million and the Boston Red Sox third at $816 million, the magazine said Wednesday. After that, there was a big gap to the Los Angeles Dodgers ($694 million) and the Chicago Cubs ($642 million).

Both New York teams are planning to move into new ballparks in 2009, which should significantly increase their revenues.

At the bottom, the three teams with the lowest values were Florida ($256 million), Tampa Bay ($290 million) and Pittsburgh ($292 million). Forbes estimated the Marlins had an operating profit of $35.6 million, the Rays $29.7 million and the Pirates $17.6 million.

Fan falls to death at Shea

A man attending a Mets game with his family lost his balance on an escalator and fell two stories to his death, police said.

Antonio Nararainsami, 36, and several relatives, including his two young daughters, were leaving the stadium at the end of Tuesday night’s game against the Washington Nationals when he fell in a section below the left-field stands and landed on a concrete floor. The fall was still being investigated Wednesday, police said.

Nararainsami’s death wasn’t the first at Shea. In 1985, a 21-year-old Yonkers man fell 100 feet from an escalator and was killed.

Clearing the bases

Right-hander Jeff Weaver agreed to a minor league contract with the Milwaukee Brewers. The 31-year-old Weaver was 7-13 with a 6.20 ERA for the Seattle Mariners last season after helping the St. Louis Cardinals win the 2006 World Series. … Cubs outfielder Alfonso Soriano was put on the 15-day disabled list with a strained right calf muscle. … Nomar Garciaparra was activated from the 15-day disabled list (right wrist) by the Los Angeles Dodgers. … Detroit center fielder Curtis Granderson, out of the lineup for nearly a month with a broken bone in his right hand after being hit by a pitch during a spring training game, is hopeful that he can start a rehabilitation assignment by Friday night.