Thursday, September 29, 2016

Pre-Game: Cubs vs. Pirates




Game: Chicago Cubs (101-57) vs. Pittsburgh Pirates (78-80)
Time: 7:05 PM
Game-Time Weather: Scattered T-Storms, 64
TV/Radio: ROOT Sports/KDKA-FM 93.7


Tonight's Starting Pitchers:

 Rob Zastryzny (LHP) (1-0, 1.46) vs. Ivan Nova (RHP) (5-2, 3.19 / 12-8, 4.25 overall)


Cubs Lineup:
1. Tommy La Stella (L) 3B
2. Albert Almora Jr. (R) CF
3. Addison Russell (R) SS
4. Willson Contreras (R) LF
5. Javier Baez (R) 1B
6. Matt Szczur (R) RF
7. Tim Federowicz (R) C
8. Munenori Kawasaki (L) 2B
9. Rob Zastryzny (R) P


Pirates Lineup:
1. Jordy Mercer (R) SS
2. Josh Bell (S) RF
3. Andrew McCutchen (R) CF
4. Jung Ho Kang (R) 3B
5. Sean Rodriguez (R) LF
6. David Freese (R) 1B
7. Alen Hanson (S) 2B
8. Eric Fryer (R) C
9. Ivan Nova (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 / 397,071 = Total Home Attendance / Average = 24,817 per game.
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