Posted Aug 16, 2011, 2:23 AM
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Location: Calgary, AB
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Originally Posted by go_leafs_go02
Really - baseball dying? There's talk right now of Montreal looking into getting a MLB team back, the Jays attendance is up right now 3,000 fans per game (nothing crazy, but still). Jays games on TV get 600,000 viewers on average on Sportsnet.
If anything, this year has been a bit of a revival in and around BC and Ontario - I don't know Alberta (have they ever cared about baseball period there), but the Vancouver Canadians are affiliated with the Jays now here too.
From what I seen, the Jays/Mariners split in Vancouver is around 50/50. Either way, a lot of Jays fans heading down this week to see them in Seattle.
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I know Baseball was huge in Medicine Hat when they had the Blue Jays, but in Calgary no one really cares, we barely even support the Vipers. It might help if we had a decent stadium, but baseball still isn't really popular here.
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