For some reason or another, Major League Baseball seems to have a very bias fan base. For big games such as Boston vs. New York Yankees the crowd is always huge, yet when there is an interleague game such as the White Sox vs. Cubs there is a severe drop in the numbers. Well now that the first weekend of interleague game play is under the MLBs belt, there are so very interesting facts. With the subway series between the Yankees and the Mets there was a crowd in numbers of 56,289 fans. With the Cubs and White Sox, a seat filling of 39,387 was recorded. Finally the Red Sox and Phillies drew in 44,809, for their attendance record. What this all means is that there was a 26.4 per cent increase in the numbers for interleague play. Prior to these numbers, the league was very concerned over the fan base for interleague games. Prior to the weekends games the average was a mere 29,148 fans attending. Between the 42 interleague games that were played there was a base of 1,547,409 fans that made for an attendance record. Given the fact that this is suppose to be Americas favorite pastime, it is surprising that such small numbers attend such games, when you think about it there are die hard fans loving their team, and there are fans of the sport in general. Where exactly are all these general fans when the interleague games are played? Many times these interleague games come at a cheaper ticket price, as the MLB know that they are not as popular, why not fill some of those seats and bring the game back to its normally high attendance records? |
