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That's the lowest attendance number I've seen at Wrigley this early in the season in several years and it's only the third home game of the year.
 

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Can't even blame the weather on this one. I'm guessing they'll average over 30k per outing though. They'll likely sell out the games against the big name teams.
 
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Yeah the White Sox, Red Sox, and Cardinals should all be sold out, and if this team is hoovering around .500 into June I could see attendance climbing. If this team tailspins like most predict I might actually go to some games since it will be dirt cheap, for Wrigley.
 
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dabynsky said:
Yeah the White Sox, Red Sox, and Cardinals should all be sold out, and if this team is hoovering around .500 into June I could see attendance climbing. If this team tailspins like most predict I might actually go to some games since it will be dirt cheap, for Wrigley.
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Do the Yankees come to town again this year or am I thinking of last year still?
 
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Put a contending team on the field....they will come

Put a below average team on the field.....Stay away.
 

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Waiting for Brett to come and argue that the club should fold/be contracted.

I suggest that we join the Frontier League instead, may have a shot at a championship there.
 
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85Bears4life said:
Put a contending team on the field....they will come

Put a below average team on the field.....Stay away.
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That's the Sox mentality. I just wish more would show up even when they are contending.
 
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I think Easter had something to do with that as well. Let's see how the year unfolds before we throw the Cubs under the truck.
 
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Uman85 said:
Do the Yankees come to town again this year or am I thinking of last year still?
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I am pretty sure the Red Sox are the big interleague matchup at Wrigley this year.
 
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dabynsky said:
I am pretty sure the Red Sox are the big interleague matchup at Wrigley this year.
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I knew they were coming. I just checked and no Yankees. I guess I was thinking about last year's visit still.
 
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Excellent. Tickets will be dirt cheap for the Cubs-Astros series in late june.
 

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The Tigers might be a pretty big deal too.
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I'm expecting a lot of Tigers fans to travel for the series in June. The only reason it might not sellout is it's a weekday series and the Tigers are in Cinci the weekend prior. My wife and I are doing a weeklong roadie and hitting both series, but a lot of people I know are only going to make one of the two series.
 
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The Tigers are an interesting matchup, but I think the Red Sox will probably be a bigger draw.
 
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at that point, i wish they were free
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:lol: A friend who's a big Astro's fan said he'd come up to Chicago for that series, so we should be able to get some cheap tickets (compared to what they are right now) & then make up the difference in beer (only way to make it through those games).
 

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Meh its about the same as last year

In 2011 our first six games were:
41358
35782
30857
26292
27039
32272

THis year its been:
41176
40102
31973

with the third day being Easter. Its early and its a bad team, and we were playing the Natinals and it was also Easter.

Nothing really to be alarmed about. We will finish around 5th or so in attendance I would imagine which is about where we are every year.
 
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It makes perfect sense -- the team isn't good. Good tickets at Wrigley aren't cheap. Why drop $100 bucks, plus refreshments, to watch the Cubs lose 6-1 when I can watch WGN at home for free :smug:


And don't worry... I've already bought my tickets for a few games :shrug:

*sigh* This friggin' team....
 
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