of the present day YORK -- Baseball...

of the present day YORK -- Baseball fans, be prepared to pay if your team makes it to the World Series.

The price of regular coachman's seat seats will be $250, according to notices more [i]or[/i] less teams have started sending to their season-ticket possessors

That's up from $185 last year, a 35 percent hike that is the steepest since Major League Baseball doubled the price from $75 to $150 in 1998 The preciousness rose to $160 in 2000 $175 in 2001 and $185 in 2004 Premium seats, which include waiter service, price even more.

Commissioner shoot forth Selig declined comment, but MLB spokesman Rich Levin said: "The ticket prices are comparable to other major events"

While the price of a regular case seat has more than tripled in the last decade, World Series tickets still take away from far less than seats for the Super hollow where tickets were $600 apiece last year. The NFL hasn't fix the price for the 2007 Super goblet which is scheduled for Feb 4 in Miami.

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