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From: Mark Anderson on 11 Aug 2007 20:49
OK, this has nothing to do with this season but someone at my local pub
said that the Cubs hold the record for the game with lowest paid
attendance of 12. He thinks that game occurred in the mid 60s when the
Cubs were real awful but I'm having a hard time believing that the
record is that low and that the Cubs hold it. It's also hard for me to
believe that the Cubs, who are in a very large market, would hold this
record over a smaller market team. Does anyone remember this?
From: cat daddy on 11 Aug 2007 22:57

"Mark Anderson" <mea(a)nospambrandylion.com> wrote in message
news:MPG.21281515a9783da99898c7(a)chi.news.speakeasy.net...
> OK, this has nothing to do with this season but someone at my local pub
> said that the Cubs hold the record for the game with lowest paid
> attendance of 12. He thinks that game occurred in the mid 60s when the
> Cubs were real awful but I'm having a hard time believing that the
> record is that low and that the Cubs hold it. It's also hard for me to
> believe that the Cubs, who are in a very large market, would hold this
> record over a smaller market team. Does anyone remember this?

It was actually in the early '80s.

"...radio play-by-play announcer Jim Lucas said the record is the 12
people who braved a rainstorm to see Chicago defeat Troy on Sept. 17, 1881."

Riverdogs want baseball's lowest attendance
http://espn.go.com/minorlbb/news/2002/0708/1403394.html


From: Mark Sieving on 11 Aug 2007 23:48
On Sat, 11 Aug 2007 21:57:40 -0500, "cat daddy" <furball@.myhouse.com>
wrote:

> "...radio play-by-play announcer Jim Lucas said the record is the 12
>people who braved a rainstorm to see Chicago defeat Troy on Sept. 17, 1881."

According to Baseball-Reference.com, Chicago lost to the Providence
Grays on Spetember 17, 1881.


From: Gary S. Simon on 12 Aug 2007 06:20
In article <MPG.21281515a9783da99898c7(a)chi.news.speakeasy.net>,
Mark Anderson <mea(a)nospambrandylion.com> wrote:

> OK, this has nothing to do with this season but someone at my local pub
> said that the Cubs hold the record for the game with lowest paid
> attendance of 12. He thinks that game occurred in the mid 60s when the
> Cubs were real awful but I'm having a hard time believing that the
> record is that low and that the Cubs hold it.


I recall the Cubs drawing fewer than 1,000 to some games in the
1960's, but nothing close to 12.
From: Michael Lanasa on 12 Aug 2007 06:46
Mark Sieving <Mark_Sieving(a)yahoo.com> wrote in
news:mmvsb39amvpuhimchstlfgdgtjb5j3u9mb(a)4ax.com:

> On Sat, 11 Aug 2007 21:57:40 -0500, "cat daddy"
> <furball@.myhouse.com> wrote:
>
>> "...radio play-by-play announcer Jim Lucas said the record is
>> the 12
>>people who braved a rainstorm to see Chicago defeat Troy on
>>Sept. 17, 1881."
>
> According to Baseball-Reference.com, Chicago lost to the
> Providence Grays on Spetember 17, 1881.
>
>

It was a highly controvesial game, because in the late innings a fly
ball toward the Chicago left fielder was interfered with by two fans
who were looking for a souvenier. The left fielder threw a fit, and
the Chicago team completely fell apart and blew the lead and lost the
game, and tks and Claude had to have a police escort from the stadium
for their own protection.
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