Action-packed 2007 Season Helps Boost Major League Baseball Attendance

Major League Baseball reported on September 24 that they had already surpassed last year's attendance numbers. This came with a whole additional week of games to be played. The explanation for this is simple, let's review what took place over the past season.

1) Barry Bonds' chase of Hank Aaron's Home run record. He might be using performance-enhancing drugs like many people have speculated. The fact remains though, that it created a buzz amongst sports fans across the nation. Channels such as ESPN would cut to Barry Bonds' plate appearances as he neared the record and even radio stations, such as WKRI in Cleveland, Ohio sent their morning show, Rover's Morning Glory, to San Francisco around the time of the record-breaking home run.

2) Going into September 25, with only six days of games left in the season, the competition for the playoff spots is still fierce. The American League has 2 divisions clinched, the Cleveland Indians representing the American League Central and the Los Angeles Angels representing the American League West. While the Detroit Tigers are still mathematically alive during the production of this article, it appears that the Boston Red Sox and New York Yankees will both be in the playoffs. With only small lead, the Red Sox will have a lot of pressure on them to win the American League East and hold the Yankees to settling for the American League Wild Card. The National League has even more battles for their four playoff teams. Going into the September 25^th games, not one National League team has clinched a playoff spot, let alone their division.