The Red Sox Bandwagon Is Starting To Get Crowded Again

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		Home Tech Finance Markets Politics Strategy Entertainment Advertising Retail Sports Life Thursday, Sept 12, 2013 The Red Sox Bandwagon Is Starting To Get Crowded Again The Red Sox now have a 9.5 game lead in the A.L. East and will almost certainly be heading back to the playoffs for the first time since 2009. As a result, attendance for Red Sox games on the road this season has jumped nearly six percent. Road attendance for Red Sox games, an indication of the team's popularity around the country, jumped in 2004 and peaked in 2007 (38,642 per game). The Red Sox won the World Series in both of those seasons. Road attendance remained strong in 2008, but quickly fell in 2009 and continued to shrink the next three seasons. Last year's road attendance was back to the levels seen prior to the Red Sox 2004 World Series run. This year's attendance (32,848) on the road is up for the first time in six years, but still well below 2004-08 levels. Here is the year-by-year look at road attendance with the Yankees for comparison... Read » Also On Sports Today: Iceland's National Soccer Team Fired Off This Salty Statement After A Player Chose To Play For The US Instead Johnny Manziel Saw An Alcohol Counselor During His Heisman Season Advertisement CHART: The Real Reason Why Some People In Baseball Are So Desperate To Get Rid Of Alex Rodriguez Tiger's Start At The British Open Looks Very Familiar (And That's Not A Good Thing) CHART: In Sports Television There Is The NFL And There Is Everything Else Share this: Facebook Twitter Digg Reddit StumbleUpon LinkedIn The email address for your subscription is: dwyld.kwu.jobhuntportal11@blogger.com Change Your Email Address | Unsubscribe | Subscribe | Subscribe to the Sports RSS Feed Business Insider. 257 Park Avenue South, New York, NY 10010 Terms of Service | Privacy Policy

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