Top NL Road Draw: The Houston Astros???
Tuesday, July 6th, 2010Perusing the Boston Globe this past Sunday, and saw a little chart showing each team’s average home and road attendance. Not surprisingly, the Yankees are the top road team (35,612). Reigning WS champs, a number of well-known players, hated by so many yet also have fans everywhere… you know all the reasons. The Red Sox are #2 (32,667). They are not WS champs, but have won recently enough. More to the point, they have a number of well-known players, are now hated by many yet also have fans everywhere… again, you know the reasons. But while the Yankees are #1 in MLB, the Sox are only #2 in the AL. The #2 team in MLB average road attendance - and #1 in the NL is… wait for it… the Houston Astros?! (more…)