Football's been out in front for years across the country. The biggest factor is action-football has it, baseball doesn't and is SLOW...steroids were not the cause, since they were a factor in both sports. NY because of it's history and the origins of baseball here remains fanatical about baseball, biased towards it. Some other cities with histories, like Boston, Chicago, etc. are also big on baseball, but i don't know if the interest there is higher than football.