Yankees claim they had 87% attendance at today's game
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They learned attendance calculation from sPitt apparently
Correct. Those empties were the student section seats. Just a late-arriving crowd due to the early start for the "Blue Out". Kids were still tailgating. They filled in nicely by the 8th inning.
Nothing is more silly than posts complaining about "official attendance" being "wrong" when everyone knowns that practically every sports team uses tickets sold as the metric not actual turnstile count. It is what it is. It is not teams lying or trying to deceive.
Ironically, the Minnesota State University Screaming Eagles sold more tix than sPitt does. I bet a lot of people came to see Luther’s defense though.
No he had a respectable job. If he graduated from sPitt he would’ve been unemployed living in his mother’s basement.
It is deceptive because attendance is not the same thing as tickets sold. You’re not wrong that all teams do this, but attendance implies ‘people there to watch the game.’ Tickets sold means tickets sold.
How many people will be going to the Yankees playoff games next week????? NONE!!! They are DONE! Life is Good!
"You tell that son-of-a b*tch in Manfred's office that no Yankee bastard is going to the play-offs!"
add in the Mets playoff attendance and it totals nada
In Pitt's case, "tickets sold" = tickets sold, donated, given away, and forced on unsuspecting passers-by.
It’s always nice to see new teams win. The Orioles, I never saw that coming, wow.
If you really want a master class in attendance manipulation, go read about how boxing and wrestling fudge their numbers.
100% agree. That why I wish there was a salary cap in baseball. It would even out the chances for small market teams to compete.
PSU announces tickets sold during the games as “attendance.” Is the turnstile count ever released?
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