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This doesn’t combat my point though
The Indians have done a terrific job of drafting and put together a great team
That doesn’t mean fans who get very emotionally invested in particular players trust that when the time comes that those players will be retained
Let me put it this way: in some hypothetical miracle world where we retained Lindor and Ramirez I would expect the relationship between the Dolans and fans to recover more than if we were to literally win a World Series next year
I think it would make the people who yell "Attendance is poor because Dolans are cheap!" look even stupider than they do today.
I don't think it would drastically change attendance. I think the answer lies outside of sports.
I think the days of our attendance relying on suburban families driving to the ballpark is over. The way to increase attendance is to continue to grow the downtown population. If you can walk to the ballpark, man is it amazing having season tickets. The Indians are the cheapest ticket around, the amenities at Progressive Field are top notch, and nothing beats a summer night at the ballpark. If you have to get the kids home from school, both spouses home, then drive 30 minutes in, battle traffic for parking, pay to park, then battle traffic again on the way out, after your kids bedtime, that's not entertainment--that's a chore.
Besides the White Sox being super low, and the Brewers and Cardinals being higher than expected, MLB attendance pretty closely mirrors the downtown population.