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Why none of us should worry about Royals home game attendance

On August 26, 2014, the Kansas City Royals roared back in the bottom of the ninth to walk off the Minnesota Twins. It was an extraordinarily quick half inning: shortstop Alcides Escobar singled and then left fielder Alex Gordon crushed a home run to give them the two runs they needed to win.

At that point in the season, Kansas City led the division and were on track for their first playoff appearance in 29 years (something that would indeed happen). But manager Ned Yost was not pleased with the attendance, as under 14,000 fans were at the game:

“I mean, what, 13,000 people got to see a great game?