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	<title>Comments on: My Baseball Road Trip Part 2 &#8211; Milwaukee, Chicago, Cincinnati</title>
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		<title>By: Brad</title>
		<link>http://theondeckcircle.net/2008/05/23/my-baseball-road-trip-part-2-milwaukee-chicago-cincinnati/comment-page-1/#comment-1279</link>
		<dc:creator>Brad</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Jul 2008 02:08:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Cool, man.  We hit up Cincinnati during last year&#039;s leg of our baseball road trip and found it to be average, at best.  Milwaukee and Wrigley are on the docket.

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		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Cool, man.  We hit up Cincinnati during last year&#8217;s leg of our baseball road trip and found it to be average, at best.  Milwaukee and Wrigley are on the docket.</p>
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		<title>By: Blake Murphy</title>
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		<dc:creator>Blake Murphy</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 23 May 2008 22:32:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Didn&#039;t know where else to put this---

But it looks like we&#039;ve hit the right stadiums so far. In terms of % of capacity filled so far in 2008:
PNC Park (Pittsburgh) - 40.6%, 28th
Yankee Stadium (New York Y) - 89.2%, 5th
Fenway Park (Boston) - 104%, 1st
Miller Park (Milwaukee) - 79.8%, 12th
Wrigley Field (Chicago) - 97.6%, 2nd
Great American Ballpark (Cincinnati) - 53.9%, 19th

And, of course...
Rogers Centre (Toronto) - 50.2%, 22nd (blech)

Not really a point to this, other than that the median team is only selling 60% of their tickets, which has to be a huge concern for MLB. Other interesting attendance stats:
-The Braves are the most watched road team. Minnesota is last.
-9 teams fail to sell half of their tickets. Only 4 sell 90% or more.
-The Jays aren&#039;t even helped by a big stadium, placing 20th in average attendance.

Other interesting Jays notes:
-Rogers Centre is almost the most &#039;average&#039; ballpark in the league, placing 15th in &#039;ballpark factors.&#039; Arizona&#039;s park is the most hitter friendly so far this year, while Tropicana Field (Tampa) is the most pitcher friendly, somehow.
-Ryan Spilbroghs of the Rockies has the longest homer of the season at 472 feet (at Coors Field, of course). The highest average HR distance belongs to B.J. Upton and Carlos Delgado at 419 ft.
-Adam Dunn leads the league in &#039;no doubt&#039; home runs with 7. I&#039;m sure his walk off is included in there.

Useless stat mongering, whooo!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Didn&#8217;t know where else to put this&#8212;</p>
<p>But it looks like we&#8217;ve hit the right stadiums so far. In terms of % of capacity filled so far in 2008:<br />
PNC Park (Pittsburgh) &#8211; 40.6%, 28th<br />
Yankee Stadium (New York Y) &#8211; 89.2%, 5th<br />
Fenway Park (Boston) &#8211; 104%, 1st<br />
Miller Park (Milwaukee) &#8211; 79.8%, 12th<br />
Wrigley Field (Chicago) &#8211; 97.6%, 2nd<br />
Great American Ballpark (Cincinnati) &#8211; 53.9%, 19th</p>
<p>And, of course&#8230;<br />
Rogers Centre (Toronto) &#8211; 50.2%, 22nd (blech)</p>
<p>Not really a point to this, other than that the median team is only selling 60% of their tickets, which has to be a huge concern for MLB. Other interesting attendance stats:<br />
-The Braves are the most watched road team. Minnesota is last.<br />
-9 teams fail to sell half of their tickets. Only 4 sell 90% or more.<br />
-The Jays aren&#8217;t even helped by a big stadium, placing 20th in average attendance.</p>
<p>Other interesting Jays notes:<br />
-Rogers Centre is almost the most &#8216;average&#8217; ballpark in the league, placing 15th in &#8216;ballpark factors.&#8217; Arizona&#8217;s park is the most hitter friendly so far this year, while Tropicana Field (Tampa) is the most pitcher friendly, somehow.<br />
-Ryan Spilbroghs of the Rockies has the longest homer of the season at 472 feet (at Coors Field, of course). The highest average HR distance belongs to B.J. Upton and Carlos Delgado at 419 ft.<br />
-Adam Dunn leads the league in &#8216;no doubt&#8217; home runs with 7. I&#8217;m sure his walk off is included in there.</p>
<p>Useless stat mongering, whooo!</p>
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		<title>By: Blake Murphy</title>
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		<dc:creator>Blake Murphy</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 23 May 2008 15:56:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>The Mexican sausage won and is now leading the season standings.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The Mexican sausage won and is now leading the season standings.</p>
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		<title>By: AJ</title>
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		<dc:creator>AJ</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 23 May 2008 14:24:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;i&gt;&quot;I’ll try and keep the review mostly baseball related, since that’s what The ODC cares about, I think.&quot;&lt;/i&gt; - Hmmmmmm, not sure about that one.

Blake, are you trying to do a jig with the mexican sausage? And more importantly, who won the sausage race? These are things I am dying to know...</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><i>&#8220;I’ll try and keep the review mostly baseball related, since that’s what The ODC cares about, I think.&#8221;</i> &#8211; Hmmmmmm, not sure about that one.</p>
<p>Blake, are you trying to do a jig with the mexican sausage? And more importantly, who won the sausage race? These are things I am dying to know&#8230;</p>
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