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Cheryl
05-15-2002, 05:21 PM
The good news is we're only 4,000 or so down from this time last year:

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/baseball/news/2002/05/13/attendance/
pearso66
05-15-2002, 05:24 PM
actually we are up 4,000 from last year, they put 2002 first and 2001 second, weird i know, but i misread it at first also

how about cleveland and texas, WAY down
PaleHoseGeorge
05-15-2002, 05:29 PM
Why are the Sox up 4,000 total fans this season? Because Rob Gallas moved Dog Day up from August to Apri, of course.

:gulp:


:gallas
"That doesn't even include the 500 dogs we're up this year. Who says I'm not a marketing genius?"
WinningUgly!
05-15-2002, 05:41 PM
Originally posted by pearso66
actually we are up 4,000 from last year, they put 2002 first and 2001 second, weird i know, but i misread it at first also

how about cleveland and texas, WAY down

That's right, we're up 4000+ fans.

These numbers are through May 12. In '01 the Sox had 20 home games by the 12th of May...this year only 16. So the numbers are actually even a little better than what the misleading chart reflects.
HawkDJ
05-15-2002, 05:48 PM
Originally posted by WinningUgly!


That's right, we're up 4000+ fans.

These numbers are through May 12. In '01 the Sox had 20 home games by the 12th of May...this year only 16. So the numbers are actually even a little better than what the misleading chart reflects.

If this is true then our attendance is up by about 4000 per game, not in total.

2001 by May 12: 15,234 per
2002 by May 12: 19,293 per
BearSox
05-15-2002, 06:13 PM
Up 4000 eh? I say thats enough to bring in another starter!!!
Cheryl
05-15-2002, 06:17 PM
Don't make me go look at that chart again--it confused me the first time (obviously). Are we up 4,000 on the year or per game?
NUCatsFan
05-15-2002, 06:25 PM
Originally posted by Cheryl
Don't make me go look at that chart again--it confused me the first time (obviously). Are we up 4,000 on the year or per game?

What I think people are saying is that the chart says we're up by 4,000 overall. However, we've played 4 fewer games at home (16 vs 20). So, if you work out the per game average, we're coming out 4,000 ahead per game as well. Confusing, yes.
PaleHoseGeorge
05-15-2002, 06:26 PM
Originally posted by Cheryl
Don't make me go look at that chart again--it confused me the first time (obviously). Are we up 4,000 on the year or per game?

We're up 4,000 on a base of just over 300,000 total attendance year-to-date.

That's less than 2 percent ahead of last year. Call me crazy, but I'm expecting KW to state that isn't enough for us to buy another pitcher.

:KW
"I've repeatedly claimed we can't afford the payroll we have already!"

:reinsy
"He gets his financial data from me."