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El Supremo

(20,365 posts) Wed May 23, 2012, 03:54 PM May 2012

First in the AL Central but last in attendance?

http://espn.go.com/mlb/attendance

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First in the AL Central but last in attendance? (Original Post) El Supremo May 2012 OP

Hard economic times Auggie May 2012 #1

Auggie

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Wed May 23, 2012, 04:03 PM

May 2012

and a general hatred of team ownership -- of course they're not going to draw well.

It's not easy to retain your fan base when you consistently trade away your stars. Cleveland will support a winner:

Jacobs Field set a major league record between June 12, 1995 and April 4, 2001 by selling out 455 straight games.

Demand for tickets was so great that all 81 home games were sold out before opening day on three separate occasions.

The Boston Red Sox later surpassed this record, when Fenway Park recorded 456 straight sellouts on September 9, 2008

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Progressive_Field

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