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Originally Posted by OldDartmouthMark
What continues to amaze me is that the Rays have a very exciting young team who is definitely looking like a playoff contender, yet their fanbase (by their attendance) seem mostly uninterested. They don't seem to appreciate what they have, apparently.
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The Rays made the World Series in 2008, and were 26th out of 30 in attendance. That carried over to 23rd out of 30 the following year. (they drew 15 people less per game than the sub-.500 Blue jays in 2009 lol). They peaked at 22nd in 2010, and then have been 29th or mostly 30th since, and have many of those years, been either contenders or at least competitive. Even most of the years before that run, they were 29th or 30th, going back to when Montreal was still in the league and they occupied the 30th spot most of their last several years.