Fans seem to be coming back to baseball in Kansas City:
As many fans pointed out — that’s probably a good thing in that it shows growing interest in a ballclub that, as the week opens, occupies first place in the American League Central Division despite numerous misfiring parts.
Fox Sports Kansas City reported Monday that ratings for Sunday’s first game — which was televised — were the highest in its 11-plus seasons of carrying the Royals.
Good for the Royals. Now it needs to translate to games, as attendance is down about 1800 fans per game compared to 2013 2012. Maybe it’s been the poor weather.
*correction: should be “compared to 2012”
And I’d guess it’s less the weather, and more to do with season tickets being up last year in an attempt for people to get All Star Game tickets.
That’s pretty surprising it was the most watched game in the past 11 years, ’cause the Royals were good in 2003. I would’ve thought one of the games that season would’ve had the highest rating.