The Pirates finished the year with an announced attendance of 1,465,316 over 78 home dates (two double-headers and a cancelled rain out against the Miami Marlins account for the other three days lost). That is the third lowest in baseball, ahead of only the Miami Marlins and Tampa Bay Rays. Of perhaps greater concern, this is the lowest attendance in PNC Park’s history.
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The 2018 Pirates- a team that is likely going to finish with its fourth winning season in 25 years- were outdrawn by those terrible mid-00s teams that had nothing to offer besides fireworks, bobbleheads and.