Comments on: Attendance http://www.baseball-reference.com/blog/archives/5381 This and that about baseball stats. Tue, 16 Jul 2013 17:01:55 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.6 By: Gabriel http://www.baseball-reference.com/blog/archives/5381/comment-page-1#comment-16016 Mon, 12 Apr 2010 17:06:19 +0000 http://www.baseball-reference.com/blog/?p=5381#comment-16016 Rich and Gerry,
While Oakland did not draw well in the 1970s and doesn't today, in the late 80s and early 90s, the A's had great attendance (they were one of the top teams in attendance at nearly 3 million). Then the city decided to take what was a very pleasant baseball park (especially for the time) and add a monstrosity to attract the Raiders back to Oakland, making it an unpleasant park (especially for today, when most teams have improved their parks).

My point is, it is not that it is impossible for the A's to attract lots of fans in Oakland, it is that in a relative sense the park has become much worse. At the same time, both the Finley ownership in the 70s and the ownership groups since the mid 90s have been antagonistic to the fans.

]]> By: Gerry http://www.baseball-reference.com/blog/archives/5381/comment-page-1#comment-15947 Sat, 10 Apr 2010 23:42:38 +0000 http://www.baseball-reference.com/blog/?p=5381#comment-15947 The only World Series game I've ever been to was Game 1 at Oakland in 1973. You could walk up to the box office just before game time and buy a ticket.

]]> By: Rich http://www.baseball-reference.com/blog/archives/5381/comment-page-1#comment-15939 Sat, 10 Apr 2010 20:46:01 +0000 http://www.baseball-reference.com/blog/?p=5381#comment-15939 Oakland didn't even draw well when they were winning three World Series in a row

]]> By: DavidRF http://www.baseball-reference.com/blog/archives/5381/comment-page-1#comment-15937 Sat, 10 Apr 2010 20:09:22 +0000 http://www.baseball-reference.com/blog/?p=5381#comment-15937 Its tough to judge attendance this early. After four games, Oakland is going to beat last years average because the home opener accounts for 25% of the attendance instead of 1.2%. Last year after four games they averaged ~22k. That said, last year they opened on a weekend and this year they opened early in the week. It takes a while for these things to balance themselves out.

]]> By: Zachary http://www.baseball-reference.com/blog/archives/5381/comment-page-1#comment-15935 Sat, 10 Apr 2010 19:04:54 +0000 http://www.baseball-reference.com/blog/?p=5381#comment-15935 It looks like an awful ballpark for baseball, which might have something to do with it. Look at KC. They're bad, but Kauffman Stadium is a great venue, so it's a little more than half-full while the massive Coliseum isn't much than a third-full.

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