This seems unbelievable, but an estimated 400 fans managed to see the end of a Major League Baseball Game Tuesday afternoon.  Nationals vs Marlins in Miami.

By the way, the stadium seats 75,000.

So if you came to the game, by the end, you roughly had 200 seats between you and the closest fan.  It’s like baseball’s version of Alaska.

The funny part is, if you built a marketing campaign, and told everyone not to stay until the last inning, you couldn’t get that high of a conversion rate.  True, only 10,000 fans were there for the beginning, but you’re still talking about 96% of the crowd bolting.

Fine, 90 degrees, 100% humidity – but isn’t Miami like that every day?  Fine, last place teams, but with teh exceptions of 2 seasons, aren’t the Marlins always last? 

So let’s throw one more plug out there for the English Premier League.  Granted, only 4 teams have a chance at winning it, and that’s not perfect by any means.  But every year the worst 3 teams get demoted.  You tell me there isn’t a reason to attend a September baseball game, if some team is going to be stuck spending 2008 playing against Tacoma, Sacramento and Fresno?  Tell me Florida, Tampa Bay and Kansas City fans
wouldn’t see value in attending a Spetember game knowing it could be the last time they see Major League Baseball for awhile.