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MIL Journal-Sentinel: Brewers sell 3 millionth ticket

Milwaukee, the smallest media market in major-league baseball, entered the big leagues of attendance Thursday by selling more than 3 million tickets this season. The announcement means that the Brewers have easily surpassed the franchise’s attendance mark of 2,869,144 set last season.
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The Brewers rank ninth in attendance in the major leagues, trailing far larger markets such as New York (Yankees and Mets), Los Angeles (Dodgers and Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim), Philadelphia, Chicago (Cubs), Detroit and St. Louis.
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Not even in the heyday of the old Milwaukee Braves, when the team was the toast of the town and ranked first in the National League in attendance each year from 1953 to 1958, did the franchise come close to 3 million. The high-water mark for the Braves was in 1957, when they drew 2,215,404.

A graphic included with the article lists the number of 3 million+ seasons for each team. The Rockies are tied for third with nine such seasons, which even though they packed them in in the Mile High years, might be mildly surprising to some.

NTNgod Posted: August 29, 2008 at 12:59 AM | 13 comment(s)
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1. Jason Kendall's #6,530,420,771 fan (AS) Posted: August 29, 2008 at 03:47 AM (#2921278)

and St. Louis.

St. Louis ranks 24th of the 30 MLB markets.

What the Cardinals have done as far as attendance goes is ridiculously impressive.

2. NTNgod Posted: August 29, 2008 at 04:00 AM (#2921279)

Probably a matter of perspective; St. Louis is both definitely among the smaller MLB markets, and a good deal larger than Milwaukee.

The bottom few MLB markets:
2,603,607 Cardinals
2,581,506 Rockies
2,395,997 Rays
2,358,695 Pirates
1,979,202 Reds
1,776,062 Royals
1,689,572 Brewers

The Brewers are the first team of that bottom five to draw 3 mil.

3. McCoy Posted: August 29, 2008 at 07:32 AM (#2921292)

Cubs are impressive in that they have the smallest stadium in the NL and they have still put up 4 (will be 5) consecutive 3 million plus seasons. They basically all have to be sellouts and they needed to expand a few times to make it happen.

4. bfan Posted: August 29, 2008 at 08:46 AM (#2921307)

Man, people sure are going overboard to praise the team ownership here, for producing the product on the field and stadium environment to achieve such an impressive number.

5. retro-shiite Posted: August 29, 2008 at 08:56 AM (#2921309)

Cubs are impressive in that they have the smallest stadium in the NL

Wrigley's not the smallest NL stadium anymore. With the bleacher expansion and premium seats they've added recently, its capacity's over 41,000, which is more than Houston or Pittsburgh and within a thousand or so of San Francisco, Milwaukee, St. Louis, Cincinnati and Washington. (The newer NL parks are mostly in the low 40s, so the expanded Wrigley's pretty much in line with the rest of them. The disparity was big in the 70s to the 90s, when Wrigley was around 38,000 and half the teams in the league played in those 55,000-seat cookie cutter parks, but it isn't now.)

Not that the Cubs' attendance isn't impressive anyway, of course. And it's nice to see Milwaukee drawing well even when the Cubs aren't in town, which wasn't the case until very recently.

6. McCoy Posted: August 29, 2008 at 09:48 AM (#2921333)

Hmm, did not know that.

Miller Park is a nice place to watch a game, I prefer it over Wrigley, hell, if I had known Comiskey was so easy to get to from my childhood home I would probably say the same thing about the Cell.

7. TWO!-OH!-OH!-OH! CLAP!-CLAP!-CLAP!CLAP!CLAP! Posted: August 29, 2008 at 09:57 AM (#2921339)

The bottom few MLB markets:
2,603,607 Cardinals
2,581,506 Rockies
2,395,997 Rays
2,358,695 Pirates
1,979,202 Reds
1,776,062 Royals
1,689,572 Brewers

You left out the Rangers. I know they're a small market too because that's all I ever hear coming from the front office.

8. retro-shiite Posted: August 29, 2008 at 12:38 PM (#2921518)

Miller Park is a nice place to watch a game, I prefer it over Wrigley

Too much of a "greenhouse" feel for my liking, even with the roof open. I don't care for all that glass. Comfortable with good sightlines, though.

9. retro-shiite Posted: August 29, 2008 at 12:40 PM (#2921520)

I also think the Cell's an enjoyable place to watch a game, for what that's worth.

10. McCoy Posted: August 29, 2008 at 12:51 PM (#2921544)

See, I take all that glass as a more cathedral vibe or old timey type painting of baseball type vibe then greenhouse.

I went to the New Comiskey when it first opened and viewed as a typical place to view entertainment. Nothing wrong with that, I liked the Vet for exactly the same reasons.

11. Harold Reynolds: An Erotic Life (AG#1F) Posted: August 29, 2008 at 12:57 PM (#2921557)

Congrats to the Brewers. I almost get the impression that there is a correlation between fielding a good team and increased attendance. The Glass family may want to look into that.

12. Harveys Wallbangers Posted: August 29, 2008 at 08:16 PM (#2922279)

I dislike the impact the shadows have on day games. It's a difference maker. If you get a lead early you can "sit on it" after the sixth. Just too hard to see only the easiest of pitches....

13. Harveys Wallbangers Posted: August 29, 2008 at 08:17 PM (#2922282)

I dislike the impact the shadows have on day games. It's a difference maker. If you get a lead early you can "sit on it" after the sixth. Just too hard to see only the easiest of pitches....

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