Houston: 4- Nats: 9
- Sold: 38 beers, 24 peanuts/Crackerjack
Back in DC I got to the rainy park late to find a group of the vendors hadn't even bothered to go out. Instead, they were clustered on the concourse counting the number of people in the seats in the first inning: about 750 at that point. This is partly due to the weather, and partly a trend affecting the worst team in the majors. The Nats are currently 28th of 30 teams in home attendance, above KC and Pittsburgh with a little over 19,000 per game. That's paid attendance -- in reality, the no-shows bring the total much farther down. For tonight's game the official box score lists 14,000, but not much more than 3,000 were actually there to enjoy the misty, threatening evening.**
The Vending Manager promptly allowed anyone who wanted to skip to leave without penalty. I hate showing up to a party and not taking at least one dance. So I sold a case and a half before going home. Has the Season Started Yet?
**The record, by the way, for worst attendance at an MLB game during the modern era was achieved when the A's hosted the Mariners -- 653 showed up. The overall record is even worse: 23 watched the Yankees and (Philly) Athletics in Philadelphia in 1916.
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