as was reported in this newspaper monday , every year it costs more to attend a game than it did the year before ; team marketing report , a sports newsletter , put this season 's day -at-the-park tab for a typical family of four at $ 76.22 , up 9 % from 1990 -lrb- although i thought the kids might have done without those two , $ 7.85 baseball caps -rrb- .