Baseball fans showing up to games less and less every year!!!

Average attendance 4.9 percent below 2001

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Associated Press

 
NEW YORK -- Baseball\'s attendance drop accelerated during the fourth week of the season, leaving the sport\'s average 4.9 percent below last year.

The 30 major league teams averaged 26,338 through the first 361 dates of the season, down from 27,701 through a similar period last year. After three weeks, attendance was down 3.4 percent.

Nineteen teams have experienced declines, led by Pittsburgh (down 133,185), Texas (124,630), Milwaukee (82,535), Cleveland (81,811), Florida (70,802), Cincinnati (62,247), Colorado (54,468), Kansas City (49,849) and Montreal (43,284).

The teams with the largest increases are Arizona (63,594), Minnesota (50,007), Seattle (49,674) and the Chicago Cubs (42,855).
 




But look at the teams that have had the largest dropoffs all suck ass, and montreal is just a lost cause, also the cubs have put those screens up to blind the people from those buildings behind the stadium, there fore a increase in fans goin to there games

I went to a Tigers game on saturday.... I swear there couldnt have been more than 800 people there.

P.S. I hate the Cubs.

When will Bud Selig realize that threatening to take away some of baseball\'s best teams won\'t help the sport?  Of course people will be turned off to it if he keeps acting the way he has.

Anyway, some of these drop offs are logical.  Pittsburgh, for example, had a new stadium last year.  They probably had higher attendance to begin the season last year, because people wanted to see the new stadium.  That extra boost isn\'t there this year.  

Cleveland cut their pay roll dramatically during the offseason.  Sure they are still winning, but in a city that\'s used to tons of runs being scored, 2-1 victories aren\'t as exciting.

Other teams, such as Texas and Colorado are just off to horrible starts this year.  No one wants to see a loser.

Notice the increases.  They were all in teams that have a legitimate shot at the playoffs this year.  Arizona didn\'t know their team would be this good at the beginning of last year.  Now they\'re supporting their defending champions.  Minnesota has a good team, where as at the beginning of last year they didn\'t think they would, and they are trying to show they shouldn\'t be contracted.

Am I the only one, by the way, that thinks it\'s interesting that the Minnesota Twins attendance is up, while Milwaukee\'s is way down?  Take that team commish!

[videoholic]

Baseball fans showing up less and less?  Actually the baseball fans are showing up the same, there are just less of them out there.

Dang, why do I have to be so literal?

boring to watch
fun to play
nuff said

I like my tv.

Going to games I always get sunburned, or it rains, or something.  It\'s safer and cheaper to watch at home.

Originally posted by Troglodyte
I like my tv.

Going to games I always get sunburned, or it rains, or something.  It\'s safer and cheaper to watch at home.

Experience isn\'t quite the same to me, it maybe better for u but I\'d like to go to a game maybe not everyday, but everyonce in awhile.

shock...The Cubs have absolutely no chance in making the playoffs.  And about Pittsburgh "sucking ass" well they don\'t they are in either 1st or 2nd place right now.  The other teams Im not surprised at though, Minnesota doesn\'t want their team to leave so they go to see them more often now and the Expos have like 4 real fans.

Originally posted by mjps21983

Nineteen teams have experienced declines, led by Pittsburgh (down 133,185), Texas (124,630), Milwaukee (82,535), Cleveland (81,811), Florida (70,802), Cincinnati (62,247), Colorado (54,468), Kansas City (49,849) and Montreal (43,284).

But look at the teams that have had the largest dropoffs all suck ass

Um, the Reds don\'t suckass, they kickass.  They\'re leading the NL with a 15-8 record.

Most of the teams with large drop offs aren\'t bad teams so far.  They are teams though that started the season not expecting to ever be in playoff contention.

And as for the Cubs, they were damn close last year, and they got better.  Sure they\'re doing bad now, but everyone is injured.  They do have a shot, just as much of one as the Twins do.

Right now on ESPN Classic they are playing Kerry Wood\'s 20 strike out game.

GOOD LORD I forgot how good he was that day...


To this day that game is one of my greatest sports moments.

p.s. the Cubs SUCK!

Originally posted by Bozco


Um, the Reds don\'t suckass, they kickass.  They\'re leading the NL with a 15-8 record.

Ok ok the majority of them suck a$$.

I\'ve done my part this season by going to one of the games of my local team(Baltimore Orioles). The attendance that day was around 33k I believe. They were playing the Red Sox. I\'ll probably go to at least one more game this season to show some support.

...that\'s why lacrosse is becoming so big, because its fun to watch and play

Baseball fans dont want to show up to games because they have no intrest in the game any more.  The games get boring fast.  The people want action. Why would I want to spend money to watch game if I can see the highlights of the game on SportsCenter.