4/17/79: Mariners at A's, 250 people in attendance

[Bikeage77]

http://onlyagame.wbur.org/2015/04/25/oakland-athletics-mlb-lowest-attendance?utm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=npr&utm_term=nprnews&utm_content=2015042

 

This is an interesting short article. I never knew about this until seeing it today.

 

EDIT: Force of habit, listed the wrong team initially. Ha

Edited April 27, 2015 by Bikeage77

[DocLuna7]

Cool article. I think that the 250 attended game was against the Mariners though...

[Bikeage77]

Yeah, I'm used to typing Brewers....and was in a hurry. Good lookin out.

[Patrick425]

Average of 3,787 per game!! Wow. The last time any team averaged less than 15,000 per game was 2006 (Florida).

[splitterpfj]

I remember when this happened. The A's had been the best team in baseball in the early to mid 70s, but they had a terrible owner, who let the whole team leave via free agency, leaving a AAA roster out there.

 

Attendance disappeared, and the team started threatening to move to Denver.

 

Oakland is still battling for a stadium, etc, all this time later.

[Patrick425]

Whatever happened to the San Jose plans? Are those dead?

[jerichoholicninja]

Whatever happened to the San Jose plans? Are those dead?

 

I think they just need commissioner approval because of the whole Giants territory business.

[dlk9s]

Baltimore might leave that Oakland game in the dust.

 

http://deadspin.com/the-orioles-will-play-in-an-empty-stadium-1700733716

[DocLuna7]

That news about the O's/ChiSox game is crazy. So they will literally have an attendance of zero, and probably (maybe) a few team employees in the actual stands??