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MLB 2019 Ejections, Attendance & Weather – Week of 4/28: Ejection Hangover
Tempers spiked last week with fifteen ejections, but apparently everyone got it out of their system, as only two ejections throughout baseball last week. Let’s take a look. The A’s were outdrawn by only AA and AAA teams this week, no Single-A team outdrew them, marking the first time this season an MLB team hasn’t…
MLB 2019 Ejections, Attendance & Weather – Week of 4/21: Double Your Ejections!
Tempers have gotten hot only three weeks into the season as FIFTEEN ejections doubled the season total of ejections in just a week. This was in part due to the White Sox – Royals brawl which brought in four ejections. Beyond that, plenty of other items of note this week. Let’s take a look. The…
MLB 2019 Ejections, Attendance & Weather – Week of 4/14: Chilly Weather
We’re into baseball season in April, and with it come the rain delays and cancellations. Both Minnesota and Texas only played four games this week, on account of a scheduled day off and some rainouts. Meanwhile, in Baltimore, some trouble getting butts in seats, as the Orioles had the lowest attended games in Oriole Park…
MLB 2019 Ejections, Attendance & Weather – Week of 4/7: Season Premiere
The 2019 MLB season has begun! Which is great news! For those of us new to Below the Box Score, we look at some of the stuff that you might not see compiled in other places, mainly MLB attendance, weather, time of game, and ejections. Let’s get into it With only a few days of…
Which MLB Team Will Fly the Farthest in 2019?
It’s that time of the year again. Opening Day is TOMORROW!! It’s time for baseball fans to wake up from their hibernation and look forward to the 2019 season, unless you’re an Orioles fan like me. Anyway, for the fourth year we’re looking at which MLB Team will travel the farthest. In 2016, it was…
MLB 2018 Ejections, Attendance & Weather – Week of 10/1: Season Finale
The regular season has come to an end, and with it goes Below the Box Score. We’ll have a full season recap for you soon, but first, a look at the last week of the regular season (ignoring both Game 163s here, which will surely be sellouts, right?). With the AAA playoffs being the only…
MLB 2018 Ejections, Attendance & Weather – Week of 9/24: Season Draw Down
With only a handful of days remaining in the season, and the AL Playoff picture already set, interest continues to wane in the also-rans. Eight teams managed crowds below 20,000 last week, including the AL Central leading Indians. Four averaged below the mark, with the Orioles averaging below 10,000 on the full week. Only four…
MLB 2018 Ejections, Attendance & Weather – Week of 9/10: NL Ejection Title Imminent?
After last week, the American League had narrowed the ejection gap between the two leagues down to one ejection. Upon hearing this news from their diligent reading of AMSTS, the National League decided that this was the week to start putting an effort in. THIRTEEN ejections by the NL alone, compared to the AL’s one. …
MLB 2018 Ejections, Attendance & Weather – Week of 8/20: The NL Strikes Back!
The National League strikes back this week with seven ejections to the AL’s one, meaning we once again have separation in the season ejection rate. Attendance continued to be high, reaching the highest level of the season, with no games under 10,000 in attendance all week! Only six teams managed below 20,000, while seven managed…
MLB 2018 Ejections, Attendance & Weather – Week of 8/13: Tempers Flair
It was the highest ejection week in the last three months last week, with eight ejections across the bigs last week. The American League continues its gradual cut into the NL lead, reducing the margin to NL 60, AL 58 after this week. The NL looking to win the ejections race for the first time…
MLB 2018 Ejections, Attendance & Weather – Week of 8/5: Dog Days
The dog days of summer are here again, and with it we have games in brutal heat and everyone too hot to argue balls and strikes. The lowest ejection week of the season, with only three getting sent to the showers early. Only three teams averaged below 70 degrees on the week, with half the…
MLB 2018 Ejections, Attendance & Weather – Week of 7/23: Lots of Records!
A short update this week, with the All-Star break limiting the number of games played on the week, but not the number of records set! Only the Rays were outdrawn by a handful of minor league teams last week, a big improvement over most weeks. The short overview: MLB teams outdrawn by AAA teams: Tampa (outdrawn…