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Brewers ticket sales reaches 3 million through disappointing season
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Milwaukee Brewers relief pitcher Todd Coffey, right, walks around the mound as St. Louis Cardinals' Matt Holliday, left, rounds the bases on a three-run home run during the seventh inning of a baseball game Tuesday, Sept. 1, 2009, in St. Louis. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson)
The Milwaukee Brewers sold more than 3 million tickets to home games for the second straight year and second time in franchise history amidst what most fans consider a disappointing season.
They reached the point at roughly the same point — through 65 home games — as they did last year, ranking one better compared to the other major league teams, and roughly the same per game attendance (about 38,000), according to Brewers press releases.
The lack of the hefty hired gun C.C. Sabathia and hope for the postseason makes itself apparent in other numbers. At the 3 million mark on Aug. 28 last year, the team had sold out 21 consecutive home games (following the Sabathia pick-up) and 37 home games total. This year, the Brewers have only sold out 27 games, total, according to the Brewers press release.
The Brewers suffered their first loss at Busch Stadium this year, dropping their season record to 5-5 against the Cardinals. That doesn’t sound too bad, until you tack on the part about being 13 games behind the Cardinals for the division and 8.5 behind the Wild Card leader with a little over a month to go.
Last night could be considered a tough loss, but not in anyway distinguishable from so many tough losses over the course of this year. Casey McGehee, who perhaps trumps Craig Counsell for the surprise player performance of the season, drove in the Brewers first four runs, which was enough to keep the team tied into the seventh. And then the Brewers walked Albert Pujols to get to Matt Holliday, who promptly hit a three-run home run.
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Milwaukee Brewers' Casey McGehee follows through on an RBI single during the sixth inning of a baseball game against the St. Louis Cardinals on Tuesday, Sept. 1, 2009, in St. Louis. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson)
The Brewers made things interesting in the ninth — which is their wont to do at Busch Stadium — by rallying to score a couple of runs. Brewers fans who single out manager Ken Macha for an offseason firing might be searching for a scapegoat. But it was disheartening when Jason Kendall and J.J. Hardy are sent to the plate with Mike Cameron in scoring position down three runs. Mike Rivera’s numbers are similar to Kendall’s over a smaller sample size, but Alcides Escobar is hitting .286, compared to the .229 that got Hardy sent to the minors. Both Kendall and Hardy grounded out (Hardy’s out scored Cameron) but a hit in that situation would have saved an out and scored another run with Frank Catalanotto’s pinch hit walk and Felipe Lopez’s single. Hindsight is 20-20.
Personally, it’s too early to give up on the team, or the season. But it’s not too early to monitor the team’s elimination number, which is currently at 18.
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