Why Tickets Don't Always End Up In Fan's Hands

I was perusing the Yankee postseason ticket information when I saw this little nugget:

Yankee Stadium has a seating capacity of 50,235, excluding standing room. For each postseason game, the first opportunity to purchase tickets is provided to current season-ticket licensees, which represent in excess of 37,000 full-season equivalent ticket licenses. Major League Baseball directs clubs to dedicate approximately 3,000 tickets per game for players of the participating clubs and to accommodate the media. In addition, Major League Baseball requires approximately 5,500 tickets per ALDS game, 7,000 tickets per ALCS game and 9,500 tickets per World Series game.

So how many does that leave for the rest of us? For the ALCS, that's 47,000 tickets (at least) taken by "full-season equivalent ticket licenses" (who are companies or people who have money since most cannot afford this luxury in a down economy), players, media, and Major League Baseball. That means that there are only 3,235 seats available for other fans. Considering The New York Times reported that there are 1,048 obstructed seats in the bleachers alone, that leaves 2,187 other seats (some of which are also obstructed by the foul pole or something else). Today, two days before the game, you cannot get a ticket any place in the Stadium on Stubhub for under $125 with the Stubhub fees. This is why the "average fan" has reason to get upset.