Even I was surprised that attendance at Coors Field, home of the Colorado Rockies, actually increased by .4% this year. A total of 2,607,935 fans went through the turnstiles, despite the fact that the Rockies were the worst team in the National League this year. They were predicted to be the worst team in all of baseball this season, but turned out to be only the third worst, and so fans might have wanted to come out and show their appreciation for this achievement, even though it did result in 103 losses. Another possible reason for the high attendance might be that many people have moved to Denver from other cities across the country over the past decade or so, and head to Coors Field, a truly nice ballpark, to see the team they grew up supporting. Let's face it - when the Chicago Cubs, Los Angeles Dodgers, and St. Louis Cardinals, among many others, come to play the Rockies, most of the fans are cheering for the other side. The problem with this is that team ownership (i.e. Dick Monfort) has no incentive to improve the team. Why should they replace all their cronies with baseball people who actually know what the hell they are doing when they have the 14th highest attendance in the major leagues, averaging 32,196 per game? Life is good just the way it is. Let's play two!
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