There’s likely to be no end to this conversation. For whatever reason, people are out in droves to watch the Cleveland Browns be terrible at home, but the Cleveland Indians consistently finish towards the bottom in attendance numbers. With back-to-back winning seasons, the claim can’t be that the product on the field is “that bad”. Even more confounding is the fact that their TV ratings were the third-best in the American League, fourth in all of baseball.
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So in essence, a lot of people are watching Indians baseball, but not near as many are heading to Progressive Field to catch a game in person.