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More People Read Our Blog Yesterday Than Attended the Marlins Game
walkoffwalk.com - 9/4/2008
More People Read Our Blog Yesterday Than Attended the Marlins Game
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Walkoff Walk commenter Matt_T called it and the Baseball Think Factory Newsblog confirmed it. The Braves/Marlins game was seen by fewer people than the number of folks who read our blog yesterday. Yes, a professional baseball game between two non-contending (albeit talented) teams was outdrawn by some dope live-glogging a Mets-Brewers game he was listening to on the radio. Sure, it was 91 ...

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Plenty of Great Seats Still Available in Miami!
The Sporting Blog — ... Atlanta Braves 5-3 Wednesday in front of an incredibly sparse crowd of just 600 fans at the first pitch. This should come as no surprise, though. Around this same time last season, a Nationals-Marlins game drew no more than 400 fans, one of which was tossed out of the game for heckling the home plate umpire. What does amaze me, however, is that even with just 600 diehards in the seats, the runaway bats still manage to find the people: (H/T:Walkoff Walk)

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