Tuesday, September 27, 2016

Pre-Game: Cubs vs. Pirates



Game: Chicago Cubs (100-56) vs. Pittsburgh Pirates (77-79)
Time: 7:05 PM
Game-Time Weather: Sunny, 68
TV/Radio: ROOT Sports/KDKA-FM 93.7


Tonight's Starting Pitchers:

 John Lackey (RHP) (10-8, 3.39) vs. Ryan Vogelsong (RHP) (3-6, 4.85)


Cubs Lineup:
1. Dexter Fowler (S) CF
2. Chris Coghlan (L) RF
3. Anthony Rizzo (L) 1B
4. Ben Zobrist (S) LF
5. Miguel Montero (L) C
6. Tommy La Stella (L) 3B
7. Javier Baez (R) SS
8. Munenori Kawasaki (L) 2B
9. John Lackey (R) P


Pirates Lineup:
1. John Jaso (L) 1B
2. Gregory Polanco (L) LF
3. Andrew McCutchen (R) CF
4. Jung Ho Kang (R) 3B
5. Matt Joyce (L) RF
6. Sean Rodriguez (R) 2B
7. Francisco Cervelli (R) C
8. Jordy Mercer (R) SS
9. Ryan Vogelsong (R) P


*If you missed JAL's Morning Links, you can find them here.

*Pirates Radio Pre-Game begins at 5:40 PM, click here to listen.

*Las Vegas Odds can be found here.

*Game Threads will auto-post at 7:00 PM, 8:00 PM & 9:00 PM

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*I am tracking September/October regular season attendance. Since I am doing it, thought I would give you a daily update and compare it to 2014 & 2015. I am using those years, because 2014 was when I started tracking attendance on the spreadsheet. I really wish MLB would go back to tracking fans in the stands rather than tickets sold. Does not account for no-shows and skews numbers. The 2016 numbers will be updated daily and the total and average is only based on the number of home games played up to date.

  • 2014: 9 Home Games / 333,313 = Total Home Attendance / Average = 37,035 per game.
  • 2015: 15 Home Games / 434,032 = Total Home Attendance / Average = 28,935 per game.
  • 2016: 17 Home Games / 350,479 = Total Home Attendance / Average = 25,034 per game.
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