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    HOW TO LOSE A FAN IN FOUR MONTHS

    Nov 05, 2019 3 minutes

    @JOE_SHEEHAN

    The end of the 2019 season brought bad news. Major League Baseball attendance slipped by about 1.5%, following a 4% falloff in 2018. It’s the fourth straight season, and the sixth in seven, in which attendance has fallen.

    Overall MLB attendance is down 8.5% since 2012, a big number.

    A look at the team level makes it very clear what is happening. America’s baseball fans are rejecting the rebuilding processes that are leading to unwatchable baseball. The largest attendance losses came in Toronto (down 7,100 fans a game) and Seattle (down 6,200),

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