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 The Florida Marlins lyric line for Friday night had to have been, “I still haven’t found what I’m looking for…”
The Marlins are still 10 months away from playing in their new retractable-roof stadium, and with it, held hostage by what ownership of Sun Life Stadium wishes. So, when U2’s 360 Tour trumped the Marlins, MLB moved the “home” series of the Marlins to Seattle to continue interleague.
The argument has been that the Marlins will draw in a new ballpark. Yes, it’s Seattle. Yes, Safeco Field is now over decade old. But, in a case of being a plague on attendance no matter where they go, the Marlins game in Seattle drew just 15,279, or 32 percent of Safeco Field’s capacity. That was over 8,500 less than the second lowest attended game of the day in Chicago where the White Sox hosted the Nationals.
Still, by capacity, Friday was one of the best of the season, ranking third. The average over 15 games was exactly 36,000 and increase of 3 percent over the same day last season in interleague, when the league averaged 35,020. In terms of sellouts, there were four, with the Pirates seeing their fourth of the season.
Here’s Friday’s interleague (and one intraleague between the Braves and Padres), plus promotions:
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Road
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Home
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Fri’s Attendance
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Capacity
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% of capacity
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Notes
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OAK
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PHI
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45,685
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43,647
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105%
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Sellout
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BOS
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PIT
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39,330
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38,362
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103%
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Sellout, T-Shirt
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CLE
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SF
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41,690
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41,915
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99%
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Sellout
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CIN
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BAL
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45,382
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45,971
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99%
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Sellout, Walkoff, Fireworks
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NYM
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TX
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46,092
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48,170
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96%
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Dirk Nowitzki First Pitch
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MIN
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MIL
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39,819
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41,900
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95%
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Won 27 of 38 at home
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AZ
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DET
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37,335
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41,255
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90%
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Fireworks
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CHC
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KC
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32,921
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38,177
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86%
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Fireworks
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TOR
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STL
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37,724
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43,975
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86%
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Fireworks
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LAA
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LAD
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43,640
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56,000
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78%
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Fireworks
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COL
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NYY
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37,335
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50,287
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74%
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Bottle Opener
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TB
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HOU
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26,682
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40,950
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65%
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Fireworks
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ATL
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SD
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27,227
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42,500
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64%
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Fireworks
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WSH
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CWS
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23,856
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40,615
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59%
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Fireworks
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SEA
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FL
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15,279
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47,447
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32%
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Game played at Safeco Field, Felix start
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Over 15 games
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539,997
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661,171
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82%
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