re: Major League Baseball Sees a Sharp Drop in Attendance

One answer....weather!!! If the league is serious about attendance figures, then stop playing games in cold weather cities so early in the season. There is zero reason to be playing home games in Cleveland, Chicago, Boston, Pittsburgh and so on in the early weeks of the season. So many games are right around 30-40 degrees, of course people don't want to go to those games. Make the northern franchises start off on the road in warmer climates until the weather changes. This would help attendance over the long haul. College baseball does this. Most northern universities play their first 15-20 games on the road. MLB needs to start doing this. It would all even out, the northern franchises would get more home games in the back half of the season. Would be fine by me as an Indians fan.