We love baseball here in the West
https://www.abc15.com/sports/local-sports/cactus-league-average-game-attendance-jumps-34-percent-in-2023
or hated it last year.
do you think the WBC had anything to do with it? Maybe more fans in for the round at Chase Field (or whatever they are calling it in Phoenix)?
Actually, the article sounds right. COVID hurt 2021, lockout hurt 2022. As for 2020, COVID probably impacted total numbers, but would not have impacted the first half of the spring. 2019 is the best measuring stick, and the league did not top that.
