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Taking Attendance: A Cubs Cautionary Tale
For the last seven years, since the 2003 Cubs came within five outs of the... well, you know... the Cubs have simply assumed that they could just swing open the gates for each home game and every seat would be filled. Not only that, but a huge, 100,000+ name waiting list for season tickets has...
The Grass is Greener: Responding to the Pessimism of Bill Simmons
I'll spare you all the long-winded introduction: last Friday, popular ESPN blogger Bill Simmons (a.k.a. Sports Guy) shared his belief that baseball is in trouble, an argument he makes to justify his ennui regarding the 2010 Boston Red Sox. The "evidence" that Mr. Simmons cites in support of his...
Attendance Analysis (Pt. 3): Market Over-Saturation
To read parts one and two in this series, which discuss Att+ and attendance trends among expansion teams, go here and here. I get it: it's way too easy to attack the Rays' attendance issues. I know, I know...we suck, right? It's been done and said many times before and this article is only...
Attendance Analysis (Pt. 2): Expansion Teams
When looking at the Rays' attendance issues through a historical lens, we have to keep in mind that the Rays are a relatively new franchise. The majority of teams in MLB have been around for over 100 years and even most expansion franchises have been around since the 1960s. Here's a list of the...
Final 2009 Attendance Figures for the Tampa Bay Rays
First, just the facts: Rays' Attendance Figures 2008 2009 Change Average per game = 22,259 23,147 +3.8% Total attendance = 1,780,791 1,874,962 +5.0% Ranking (out of 30) = 26 23 +3 No matter...
Tampa Bay Rays' Attendance Against the AL East
For those of you that have been following my series of posts on attendance issues, I've run some more numbers on how the Rays have historically drawn versus the other teams in the AL East. A couple quick points to remember about these numbers: These numbers are measured in...
Attendance Versus Division Rivals - Boston Red Sox
Man, so it's been a while since I last got something up here. I apologize for that - my senior thesis was owning my butt for the last few weeks, but I just got it turned in today. That said, I've got a couple different projects I'm working on with attendance as the focus, and here's a sneak...
Tampa Bay Rays' Attendance: Why Not to Worry, Part 1
So we only have a few home games worth of attendance figures to go with, but I'm anxious to do some analyzing. Here are our home attendance figures as of Friday morning: Day Opp. Attendance M NYY 36,973 T NYY 36,973 W NYY 25,171 Th CHW 13,803 What...
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