Orioles’
center fielder Adam Jones is disappointed the fans haven’t been showing up at
games. Baltimore is ½-game out of the
second wild card spot, and apparently Jones thinks the team would be doing
better with more fans in the stands. No
doubt, the vendors agree.
According
to baseball-reference.com, attendance is down in Baltimore 2,800 people a game
from last year. The Indians, who could
end up with the best record in the American League, are up just over 2,000 fans
a game, to a whopping 19,443; that’s the third lowest average in all of
baseball, behind only Tampa and Oakland.
What’s up?
Like
I’ve said, fans may be experiencing fatigue.
Every year, marketing departments come up with ad campaigns that make it
seem this will be the year. On top of
that, in cities like Baltimore and Cleveland, teams have already had nice runs
that still ended short of a World Series parade. People get tired after a while. Nobody wants to tell the grandkids about
going to Game Three of the playoff series that led to nothing back in….
So
far, MLB attendance is down 552,307 over last year. Watch for the commissioner’s office to come
up with a positive spin. Sorry, guys,
the games take too long and cost too much.
That’s the pig’s ear truth of the matter.
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